Bahawalpur: A girl lost her life in firing that happened due to a dispute pertaining to local cricket match in village Miani located within jurisdiction of Sadar police station.
Police sources said that two groups of local cricketers fought against each other over a dispute pertaining to a local cricket match. ‘One of the group opened indiscriminate aerial firing,’ they said, adding that a passersby girl received bullet wounds which caused her death on-the-spot.
The victim girl was identified as 13-year-old, Alisha, a resident of village Miani. Soon after receiving information, a police team of Sadar police station reached the scene. The body of the girl was shifted to hospital for postmortem and legal formalities. The police have registered a case against the suspects and launched operation to trace them and arrest them. Further probe was in process.