NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 20: Two women and a young girl allegedly kidnapped by some members of the Zardari tribe after killing two brothers in Maqbool Wagon village on Monday were recovered late in the night, police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, Rahim Zardari and his accomplices broke into a house in the village and tried to kidnap Ms Haleemat, 60, along with her daughter-in-law, Shahzadi, 31, and granddaughter Nayab, 8. Shahzadi’s husband, Ghulam Murtaza, 31, and his brother, Gul Zarin, 20, posed stiff resistance upon which the intruders shot them dead and took away the two women and the young girl.

Naushahro Feroze DSP Aijaz Memon said that Rahim Zardari and some of his associates were arrested.—BoC

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