KHANPUR: A woman was killed and man injured over a land dispute in Mirwah area near Khanpur on Sunday.

According to police, three cousins had developed a dispute over a piece of land as the dispute intensified a woman, Irshad, wife of Gul Mohammad Jatoi, was shot dead and a man, Allah Rakhio, Jatoi, injured in Mirwah area of Khanpur taluka.

On information police rushed to the scene and started a probe into the incident. No arrest could be reported yet. The body and the injured were shifted to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities and later handed over to the heirs.

A tense situation prevailed in the area after the incident as there was hue and cry in the house of the victims. Arbelo Jatoi told police that their cousins killed woman and man ruthlessly and without any crime. He demanded of the IGP Sindh and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to take notice of the issue and provide justice to them; otherwise, they would hold a protest demonstration against the police.