Elderly man loses life in brawl over bulb light
ISLAMABAD: The death of an elderly man in a clash over a minor issue on Sunday has pitched the police and his family to stick to their claims: police saying it was an accident, while the family of the decedent claiming it to be a murder.
Shahnawaz, a relative of the decedent, told The Spokesman that on Sunday his uncle, namely Rahim Dad, aged 60, who worked as a painter, was killed by Hanif over a minor issue in Lehtarar Road area. He said the incident occurred over lighting a bulb.
“Rahim Dad switched a bulb in his room and its light lighted the street outside through its rays streaming through the room window. Hanif along with his son Sunney and friend arrived at Dad’s house and asked him and his son Haider Ali to switch off the bulb as it disturbed them while they sat in the street. But they refused to obey Hanif’s order, which annoyed him and his friends. They entered the room and pushed Rahim Dad. He fell on the floor and died instantly,” said Shahnawaz.
He said the Shahzad Town police when informed arrested the accused and registered an FIR against them under the charges of 322/34 which is for aiming to murder which according to the deceased family is not correct. “The police should have registered the case of murder against the accused as it was a murder, not an accident”, said Shahnawaz. He further said the family took the dead body of deceased to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences for the post mortem where the doctors mentioned his cause of death as heart attack in the post mortem report.
On the other hand investigation officer Sub Inspector Muhammad Akbar told The Spokesman that the two accused were presented to magistrate on Monday and shifted to jail on judicial remand.
Shahnawaz, a relative of the decedent, told The Spokesman that on Sunday his uncle, namely Rahim Dad, aged 60, who worked as a painter, was killed by Hanif over a minor issue in Lehtarar Road area. He said the incident occurred over lighting a bulb.
“Rahim Dad switched a bulb in his room and its light lighted the street outside through its rays streaming through the room window. Hanif along with his son Sunney and friend arrived at Dad’s house and asked him and his son Haider Ali to switch off the bulb as it disturbed them while they sat in the street. But they refused to obey Hanif’s order, which annoyed him and his friends. They entered the room and pushed Rahim Dad. He fell on the floor and died instantly,” said Shahnawaz.
He said the Shahzad Town police when informed arrested the accused and registered an FIR against them under the charges of 322/34 which is for aiming to murder which according to the deceased family is not correct. “The police should have registered the case of murder against the accused as it was a murder, not an accident”, said Shahnawaz. He further said the family took the dead body of deceased to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences for the post mortem where the doctors mentioned his cause of death as heart attack in the post mortem report.
On the other hand investigation officer Sub Inspector Muhammad Akbar told The Spokesman that the two accused were presented to magistrate on Monday and shifted to jail on judicial remand.
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