Jammu, Oct 22: Seven persons were killed and one seriously injured in a shooting spree on a marriage party due to family rivalry in Pul Doda, about 170 km from here, last night, police said today. Six persons, who had some family dispute, came to the house of Niaz Mehmood, where a marriage was going on, at Pul Doda at around 2200 hours yesterday and allegedly resorted to indiscriminate firing from their weapons, a police spokesman said here.
Four persons - Tariq Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Bashir Ahmed and Sajjad Ahmed - died on the spot while two others, Mohammad Amin and Ijaj Ahmed, succumbed to their injuries in the district hospital, he said, adding another Altaf Ahmed breathed his last while on way from Doda to Jammu. One seriously injured has been brought here and admitted in government medical college hospital.
The accused who resorted to firing have been identified as Javed, Mushataq, Ishaq, Iqbal, Ashfaq and Mushtaq Ahmed, the spokesman said, adding four of these have already been arrested. Efforts were on to arrest others involved in the killing, he added. Bureau Report