Three persons, including a father and his son, were rubbed out in a family feud outside their home near Punjab House here on Thursday, police said."Do you have a theory on this case, Officer Friendly?"
"I think they're dead."
Mohammad Ashraf, his son Ghulam Mustafa and their relative Habib Khan were heading towards Marrir Chowk when their rivals blocked their way and opened fire on them.
"Yew jest stop right where yew air, Mohammad, Ghulam and Habib!"
The three were struck down in their prime, said the police.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Aaaiiieee! I am undone!"
"Aaaiiieee! Rosebud!"
"Aaaiiieee! Pain! Brief pain! [THUD!] Rattle...
Panic and fear gripped the surrounding areas as the gunshots rang out.
"Remain calm! All is well...!"
[TRAMPLE!]
The younger son of the victim called the police for help;
"Operator! Get me the police!"
however, the attackers numbering six beat feet before the police arrived.
"Curly-toed slippers, don't fail us now!"
Azeem Khan, the elder brother of Habib Khan, in his statement recorded with the Civil Lines police stated that he along with Arshad Mehmood was sitting at the corner of a street in the katchi abadi near Punjab House "Yeah. We wuz just sittin' on the corner, mindin' our own bidnid..."
when he saw Ashraf, Ghulam Mustaf and Habib Khan coming towards their home.
"... when we seen dese guyz comin' toward our house!"
He said as the three reached at the corner of a narrow street, Jehanzeb, his brother Khan Vaiz and some other persons carrying pistols blocked their way.
"Yeah. Dey was heeled an' da dear departed wudn't..."
He said Jehanzeb and his brother were nephews of deceased Ashraf.
"So dey wuz like relatives, y'know?"
Azeem Khan said Jehanzeb shouted at Ashraf that he would teach him a lesson and then opened fire on him.
"Son of a diseased camel! I'll show you! [BANG!]
In the meanwhile, Dilawar targeted Ghulam Mustafa and Miskeen shot Habib Khan.
[BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
Fearing that the attackers might kill them, Azeem Khan and Arshad Mehmood did not try to intercept the attackers, who beat feet after firing into the air."Don't nobody try to follow us! [BANG!]... [QUACK!]"
The complainant said in his statement that all the attackers were carrying 30-bore pistols.
"How d'you hit anything with a 30-bore? They're kiddy guns! Now this is a gun!"
"Holy spit! How d'you lift that thing?"
According to the police, the motive behind the triple murder was an old enmity between the two groups who belonged to the same family.
"Yeah, Great Uncle Mahmoud spilled soup on Cousin Chaudry, seven times removed, at Cousin Fatima's wedding to Cousin Adullah. There wuz a minor altercation at the time, only seven dead and a couple dozen wounded. Nobody thought much of it at the time."
There had been a minor brawl between the groups some one-and-a-half years back but the issue was settled and a patch-up made between them.
"Now youse guyz shake hands and make up!"
"[grumble]"
"[grumble]"
"And clean up those bodies! People'll think you're uncivilized!"
