CHAKWAL: A teenager was beaten to death after he allegedly gunned down another boy after a cricket match, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred in the Makhial village located in the jurisdiction of the Kallar Kahar police.

According to a police official, a cricket match was organised in the village on the second day of Eid.

One of the teams was led by Umar Farooq, 18, and the other by Samiullah Khan, 17.

“When the team of Samiullah Khan lost the match, the winners started chanting slogans against the losers,” the police official said. “Mr Khan took out a pistol and shot Umar Farooq. The injured was taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Kallar Kahar where he died.” In the meanwhile, Mr Farooq’s friends and relatives attacked Mr Khan with bricks, spades and clubs and killed him,” the official said.

Police registered a case against 13 people but have made no arrest.

Samiullah was a student of 9th grade at the Government High School Bochal Kalan while Farooq was a student at the Government Technical College Thoha Bahadur.—Correspondent