LAHORE – A man killed his younger brother for insulting their mother in the Shalimar police precincts on Wednesday. The deceased man, identified as Muhammad Ashfaq, was a resident of Aliya Park, Chand Town. The police said that he was an addict and was demanding money from his mother to buy drugs. Upon refusal, he started hurling abuse at his mother. Meanwhile, Ashfaq’s elder brother returned home and when he saw Ashfaq insulting his mother, he took out his gun, opened fire on Ashfaq and fled. Rescue officials rushed Ashfaq to hospital where he died. The police shifted Ashfaq’s body to the morgue for autopsy and registered a case against Aslam on the complaint of his father Mushtaq Ahmed.
GANG WAR: A 30-year-old man died while four men were injured in a shootout between two rival groups over a property dispute on Wednesday. The deceased man, Muhammad Nadeem, was a resident of Bund Road while his injured companion was identified as Javed. Three men from the other group were also injured and were identified as Haji Younis, Adeel and Tauqeer Zain. Green Town Police Station SHO Mian Afzal said that Haji Younis, a resident of Gulshan Colony, Green Town, had a dispute with Hafiz Razzaq over a plot. He said that Razzaq and his accomplices Nadeem, Javed and four other men were constructing a wall around the plot when Haji Younis reached the scene along with his sons and a shootout began.
The SHO said the injured were taken to Jinnah Hospital where Nadeem died while two of the injured men were in critical condition. MURDERESS CONFESSES: A woman, who clubbed his mother-in-law to death on Tuesday night in the Shadbagh police precincts, confessed her to his crime in police custody on Wednesday. The police said that Shagufta, a resident of Chah Meeran, was arrested by Shadbagh police late on Tuesday on a suspicion of killing her mother-in-law, Rashida, after smashing her with a wooden rod. Police said that Shagufta confessed to her crime and told them that she had killed Rashida because she used to threaten her. The police said that a case has been registered against Shagufta and she has been shifted to the Lower Mall Women Police Station.
ACCIDENT: A truck knocked down a 35-year-old woman in the Shahdara police precincts on Tuesday. The deceased woman, identified as Aasia, was a resident of Shahdara Mor. The police said that she was trying to cross the road when a truck knocked her down. Local residents caught the truck driver and handed him over to the police. Aasia was rushed to hospital but she died on the way. The police have handed over Aasia’s body to her family after autopsy and registered a case against the truck driver.
FOUND DEAD: A 27-year-old man was found dead in the Bhaati Gate police precincts on Wednesday. The deceased man, yet to be identified, was found near Parinda Market. The police, who have shifted the body to the morgue for an autopsy, said that the deceased died of drug abuse.
