A section officer of Federal Central Secretariat, Islamabad Shabbir Ahmed was shot dead and another two injured when two neighbours quarrelled on the issue of throwing offal of sacrificial animal in Katorwala (Sahiwal) some 160 km east of Multan on Friday.
Police said "People of two different 'Biradaris' exchanged hot words on the issue of throwing offal in front of home of others when Shabbir Ahmed trying to reconcile between them. Two-armed member of a family Khadim Hussain and Ghulam Mustafa opened fires resultantly Shabbir Ahmed, a section officer of central secretariat died on the spot and a woman and ten-year old girl sustained serious injuries. Shabbir had come to home to celebrate the Eid with his family.
When contacted the DPO Sahiwal Javed Hussain Shah said, "we have registered a case however no arrest was made and both families had no old enmity and this mishap abruptly occurred."