MUZAFFARGARH: A youngster was burnt alive by four outlaws over a land dispute at Alipur in premises of Seetpur police station on Monday.
According to police sources, Ahsanullah resident of Alipur had dispute with Allah Bachaya and others of the same locality over a piece of land. The accused had threatened him time and again of intense consequences to surrender the land.
On Monday, the accused Allah Bachaya s/o Ghulam Fareed along with his partners Rasheed s/o Ibraheem, Babu s/o Rabnawaz and Yousaf s/o Ghulam Yasin attacked Ahsanullah and tortured him. Later, they tied him with a tree and set him on fire after throwing petrol.
The local people including his uncle Bashir Ahmed reached the spot and shifted him to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Alipur in critical condition. The hospital administration referred him to Nishtar Hospital Multan due to critical condition but he succumbed to burn injuries on the way to Multan.
Police concerned have registered the case against the criminals and started the investigations into the incident, the police sources added.