SIALKOT, July 20: Spate in Nullah Deg inundated 15 villages of Pasrur tehsil on Sunday, damaging standing crops and forcing locals to shift to safer places.

The flood and rainwater spilled out from the banks of nullah after heavy rains in catchment areas of the stream on Saturday night, inundating Hunjali, Jhaatokey, Mehtabpur, Chahoor Kalan, Nawaadey, Jussiwala and some other villages.

District Coordination Officer (DCO) Captain Atta Muhammad Khan (retired) said the situation was under control and no loss of life or property was reported from the area as yet.

SMUGGLING: A special checking team led by the DCO foiled an attempt to smuggle wheat and seized four trucks near Pasrur on Sunday. The wheat was reportedly meant to be smuggled to Afghanistan.

The team also foiled a flour smuggling attempt and seized as many as 68 bags of flour from a Mardan-bound passenger bus. The police arrested drivers of the vehicles.

SHOT DEAD: Six men allegedly shot dead a mother of two over an enmity with her family in Tarska-Motra village of Daska on Sunday.

Shahid and Ali allegedly stormed into the house of their rival Muhammad Ashraf and opened fire, killing Ashraf’s 28-year-old daughter Humaira at the scene. The accused fled under the cover of aerial firing.