Five police teams formed to arrest killers of 14 persons

17 May, 2004

Five police teams have been constituted to arrest the killers of 14 persons of Madina Sydian incident.
Talking to APP here on Sunday, DSP Headquarters Mahmood-ul-Hassan said that three accused have been arrested so far while the teams are conducting raids to nab the remaining accused involved in this gruesome murders.
The DSP hoped that police would be able to arrest all the accused soon. He confirmed 14 casualties and added that only 15 persons were injured in the incident.
The injured have been admitted to Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital.
The injured include Razaq, Nazir Hussain, Ashfaq Ahmad, Aftab Hussain Shah, Nazim Gursi, Ahmad Shah, Wasim Malik, Bashir Ahmad, Waqar Shah, Tanveerul Hassan, Ghulam Sarwar, Abu Bakar Shah, Tabassum Shah and Furqan.
Meanwhile, all the 14 persons who lost their lives in the incident including Chaudhry Mumtaz, Chaudhry Ishtiaq, Ashfaq Ahmad, Tahir, Imran Majid, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Anar, Tanveer Hussain, Shahid Butt, Syed Ahmad Hassan, Syed Ajmal Shah, Nadeem Mukhtar, Shahid Nazir and Wasif Aleem were buried in graveyard of their native village under tight security.
A large number of people of the area including MNA Chaudhry Shafaat Hussain, MPA Chaudhry Khalid Asghar and Chaudhry Arshad attended the funeral prayers.
It may be mentioned that 14 persons were killed while fifteen others injured in an armed clash between two groups over cattle ownership dispute at Madina Sydian, near here on Saturday evening.

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