FAISALABAD: A shepherd was shot dead while his colleague sustained serious bullet injuries in the area of Sadar Jaranwala police station.
A police spokesman said here on Monday that shepherds Asad Iqbal and Haseeb Abbas took their goats to the field of one Waqas without permission in Chak No 72-GB, which enraged the latter.
The accused, along with his accomplices Abbas and Jabbar, etc., opened fire on Asad Iqbal and Haseeb Abbas and injured them seriously.
The injured were rushed to a hospital where Asad Iqbal succumbed to his injuries, while the condition of Haseeb Abbas was stated to be critical.
Receiving information, SP Jaranwala Bilal Sulehri immediately constituted a special team to trace whereabouts of the accused and arrest them immediately.
The police also registered a case against the accused while further investigation was under progress, he added.