A man killed his sister in Jand Tehsil of Attock by repeatedly attacking her with a knife over a property dispute, repeated 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.

Later, the police arrested the man who was furious as to why his sister had not named her ancestral property in his name. 

According to the FIR registered at Basal police station, Syed Taqi Shah, the complainant, resident of Pind Sultani area of Jand, said that his sister was a teacher at a government school while his brother namely Syed Amjad Ali Shah worked at a private mill.

“Today early in the morning, Amjad repeatedly attacked their sister with a knife, resulting in serious injuries to her. She was shifted to hospital, but died on the way. My brother, on the other hand, managed to flee from the scene,” reads the FIR.

It is further stated in the FIR that Amjad, on several occasions in the past, had demanded his sister to transfer her property in his name, but she always refused. “Irked by her constant refusal, he killed her today to cool down his ire,” says the complainant.

Reporter Hafiz Sher Afzal