One person died and six were injured as a tiff between the children of two groups in Sandhipur village of laksar area resulted in an exchange of fire on Tuesday. Police said that the children of Murtaja and Mushtakeen groups squabbled while playing on Monday.
Tension escalated as the elders joined in. However, the tension appeared to have subsided for the time being. But the situation exploded on Tuesday as the people from the two groups confronted each other with batons and even opened fire, resulting in one death and six injuries.
The police recovered two licensed revolvers, a country made gun and live ammunition from the incident site. Heavy police force has been deployed in the Tehsil area following the outbreak of the violence.
Three persons have been taken into custody too in connection with the incident.
The dead was identified as Akhlaq, 25, son of Rifakat. Bullet had ripped his stomach , police said, adding that Sannwar Sarfaraj, Javed, Virashat and Nazeem were among those injured and were rushed to the district hospital.
SSP Rajeev Swaroop said, “The situation is under control in the village. Three persons have been taken into custody and the interrogation is on. The miscreants would not be spared.”