SNS KASHMIR
Reyaz Rashid
Uri, March 24:
An elderly person was killed and his brother was critically injured in a scuffle over land dispute in Nambla Uri of Baramulla district on Thursday.
Witness said that an elderly man was killed and his brother sustained serious injuries on head after two parties assembled to sort out some land dispute exchanged heated arguments and verbal abuses triggering a scuffle.
“During the scuffle, few members from the other side attacked the opposite party with sharp-edged weapons which resulted in injuries to two brothers namely Abdul Karim Bhat and Mohammad Sulaiman Bhat (sons of Abdul Karim Bhat)”, they said.
“Both of them were evacuated to Sub District Hospital Uri where from both were rushed to Associated Hospital GMC Baramulla, where Abdul Karim, 75, succumbed to his injuries,” they added.A police official confirmed the death of an elderly man the land dispute and said police has registered a case into the matter and investigations are going on.” A case under FIR No 33/2022 under sections 307, 452 ,506,323 IPC had been registered in police station Uri and investigation is going on,” he added.Police has arrested son of the accused as main accused is at large.