Villager dies in clash over land dispute

Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, May 30: A villager was killed during clash over a land dispute in Surankote area of district Poonch today.
A police official said that incident took place at village Morha Bachhai when 60-year-old farmer, Mohd Aslam, son of Mohd Sadiq, resident of the same village was ploughing in the field. The people with whom, Aslam had some dispute stopped him to do so. They had some heated arguments followed by clash. The poor farmer was gagged by the members of the rival party and then they escape leaving him dead.
Later, victim’s family members and police reached the spot. The body was shifted for postmortem to SDH Surankote. A case was registered in this connection.