Property dispute
The assailants managed to flee the scene after the killing spree
Haq Nawaz Shanwari
At least seven members of a family including three brothers and women were killed when armed assailants attacked a house in Chooha Gujar area of Chamkani, on the outskirts of the city here on Tuesday morning.
According to ASP Chamkani, Ahmad Zubair Cheema, the assailants attacked a house owned by Ibrahim over a property dispute and started indiscriminate firing on people present at the house.
As a result of massive firing seven members of the family identified as Banu (30) wife of Ibrahim, Salman (8), Jalal (6), Saleem (12), sons of Ibrahim, Habibullah (56), the brother of Ibrahim, Shakila, the wife of Habibullah and a 2-year-old girl Saima were killed on the scene. The assailants managed to flee the scene after the killing spree.
The bodies were taken to KMC for medico legal procedure and later shifted to the native areas for burial. A large contingent of Chamkani police soon after receiving the information reached the site of the incident and started a search operation in the area, So far, police said four suspects have been taken into custody and were being interrogated.
IGP visits crime scene of Chamkani gory incident
The Inspector General of Police IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Moazzam Jah Ansari Tuesday visited the crime scene of Chamkani gory incident where armed persons barged into a house and killed 7 persons of a family including small children and women. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations also accompanied the provincial police officer.
The IGP was given a briefing on the occurrence of the incident and the progress so for made in the case.
He IGP was informed that all evidence of the incident have been collected, samples for DNA test have been sent for analysis and the suspects being interviewed in the case.
The IGP Moazzam Jah Ansari has termed it a brutal and inhumane incident and directed the concerned police officers to arrest the real accused involved in the case and bring them to justice as soon as possible so that exemplary punishment could be meted out to them.
He termed the incident a test case for Peshawar police adding they have to put their best efforts to work out this challenging case.
Meanwhile, the IGP Moazzam Jah Ansari, in a special circular, has directed all Regional Police Officers and District Police Officers to ensure that land disputes which have a history of violence or tendency to get violent and old enmities may be documented at each police station and preventive action be taken as provided under the law.
In the circular it has further been directed that SHOs should proactively engage DRC and local elders for resolution of such disputes.
