KASUR: Exchange of fire between two rival groups over a piece of land claimed life of a man, while five others were injured on Sunday at Chhabar village in the limits of Ganda Singh police station.

As per police, a married woman, Sakina Bibi, had secured a court order in her favour with regard to her share in the inherited family lands, that annoyed her brother Tufail, resulting in enmity between the siblings.

On Sunday, when Sakina`s husband Bashir, along with his relatives and some policemen from the local police station, arrived to take possession of the land in compliance with the court orders, Tufail and his men allegedly opened fire on them after exchange of harsh words.

In the ensuing exchange of fire, Azeem of Bashir group suffered bullet injuries and died on the spot, while five others Sarwar, Mustafa, Arshad, Zuliqar, and Jawad were seriously injured. The injured men were shifted to the district headquarters hospital.

Meanwhile, the suspects who allegedly shot Azeem dead fled the scene.

Later, police arrested Tufail and were looking into the matter.

In a separate incident, at least eight persons of two rival groups landed in hospital after being injured in exchange of fire over a land dispute at Jaly Saharankay village, in the limits of Pattoki police station.

Police said Idrees and Rauf were at odds over a patch of land. On Sunday, both exchanged harsh words and later, Idress opened fire at Rauf that was retaliated.

As a result, eight persons from both groups were injured and taken to Phoolnagar Rural Health Centre (RHC) for medical treatment.

The doctor at the RHC referred one of the injured persons, Shamshair, to the Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, in a critical condition.

In yet another incident of violence, two unidentified men shot at and injured one Naeem at Noorpur Jattan village in the limits of Chunian police station.Police said the attackers fled away leaving Naeem injured near his house.

Police shifted the injured man to the local THQ hospital from where he was referred to Lahore owing to his critical condition.

Police are investigating.