Three persons were killed and two others, including a woman, seriously injured in two separate incidents in Karak district on Friday. Police sources said in the first incident four persons from the same family were going home after attending a case in Takht Nusrati court when an opposing party ambushed them near Banjakh Banda. The accused opened firing on the car when driving near Banjakh Banda.
Two people, Banjakh Banda residents Sher Dad, son of Sher Ali, and Naseerullah, son of Yousaf Khan, were killed on the spot while two other Sher Ali Khan, son of Ghani Sher, and Zainab Bibi. daughter of Sher Ali Khan, were critical. They belonged to the same family. The injured were shifted to Tehsil headquarters hospital Takht Nusrati in critical condition.
Injured Sher Ali Khan registered an FIR in Shah Saleem police station against Banjakh Banda residents Abdus Satar, Noor Qalam Khan, Mehboobur Rehman and Muhammad Suleman. Sources claimed there was old enmity between the two families. In second incident, the bullet riddled body of a young man was recovered from the Lawagher seasonal dry nullah near Ahmadabad . Upon receiving information, police took the body in custody and handed it over to relatives. Sources added the body was identified as Ahmadabad resident Ziaur Rehman. Takht Nusrati police have registered a case.
