{"id":43746,"date":"2024-08-04T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=43746"},"modified":"2024-08-04T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:18:39","slug":"brother-killed-over-electricity-bill-dispute-in-gujaranwala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/brother-killed-over-electricity-bill-dispute-in-gujaranwala\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother killed over electricity bill dispute in Gujaranwala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GUJRANWALA: A<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/federal-govt-plans-to-raise-sales-tax-on-tractors\/\"> tragic incident in Gujranwala<\/a> has resulted in one brother killing the other over a dispute regarding an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/govt-to-establish-special-police-stations-courts-to-combat-electricity-theft\/\">electricity bill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two brothers, who lived with their elderly mother, argued over a bill exceeding Rs 30,000. The dispute escalated into violence when one brother fatally stabbed the other with a knife.After the incident, the perpetrator managed to flee the scene.<\/p>\n<p>During the altercation, the elder brother allegedly attacked his younger brother with a sharp dagger, resulting in fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, the perpetrator managed to flee the scene. The deceased has been identified as Umar, while the suspect has been identified as Murtaza.<\/p>\n<p>On receiving information about the incident, police promptly arrived at the scene and shifted the body to hospital for legal formalities.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly mother, in an interview, expressed shock at the violence, noting that she had never witnessed such conflict between her sons before. She described the bill as a &#8220;death warrant&#8221; for the family.<\/p>\n<p>She recounted that the argument started when one brother demanded payment, while the other requested an extension. Despite her pleas for them to stop, the confrontation turned deadly.<\/p>\n<p>During the altercation, one brother declared, &#8220;I won\u2019t let him stay if he doesn\u2019t pay the bill,&#8221; while tossing belongings out of the house. The mother added that a knife was among the items thrown. &#8220;It wasn\u2019t a premeditated attack. Suddenly, one son stabbed the other, and I couldn\u2019t grasp how it happened,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>She lamented, &#8220;I had only two sons; now one is dead and the other is imprisoned. My home is now empty.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUJRANWALA: A tragic incident in Gujranwala has resulted in one brother killing the other over a dispute regarding an electricity bill. The two brothers, who lived with their elderly mother, argued over a bill exceeding Rs 30,000. The dispute escalated into violence when one brother fatally stabbed the other with a knife.After the incident, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,2],"tags":[10085,10348],"class_list":["post-43746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-pakistan","tag-electricity-bills","tag-murder-case"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43748,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43746\/revisions\/43748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}