Man killed over irrigation water dispute in Dera.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- A man was killed and his brother and father were injured when some armed men opened fire on them over irrigation water issue in a remote village here on Monday, the police said.

Dera police spokesman Syed Yaqoob Bukhari said a man, namely Bagal, 57, reported that when he along with his sons stopped their neighbours from diverting rainwater to their agricultural land, they opened fire, leaving his son, Shoaib, dead on the spot.

He said he himself and his other son, Akhtar Khan were injured.

The body and the injured were shifted to Mufti Mahmood Hospital, Dera.

On the complaint of Bagal, the Khoi Bahara police registered a case against Inayatullah, his sons Shaukat Khan and Sharafat Khan, and two brothers, Attaullah and Akram Khan.

Meanwhile, armed robbers deprived a cattle trader of Rs77,000, a mobile phone and other valuables in Adda Kulachi Wala area in the limits of Gomal University police station, an official said on...