NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah police have booked under Anti-Terrorism Act and Pakistan Penal Code 13 suspects and arrested two of them in Karachi and Sanghar on charges of killing six cousins of Bhangwar clan here a day before.

Ms Shahzadi alias Sahibzadi, wife of late Ghulam Mustafa Bhangwar whose three sons were among the six victims, had filed the FIR (No.197/2025) at B-Section police station at 7:30 pm on Thursday, accusing Ismail Bhangwar, Aslam Bhangwar, Moula Bux Bhangwar, Azam Bhangwar, Saqib Bhangwar, Ghulam Haider Bhangwar, Ali Haider Bhangwar, Mohammad Khan Bhangwar (officer in Veterinary University Sakrand), Yaseen Bhangwar (engineer in Municipal Corporation Nawabshah), Dhani Bux Bhangwar, Hayat Bhangwar, MeeralBhangwar and Sono Bhangwar, of murdering her three sons and as many nephews.

They were booked under Sections 6/7 ATA, 302, 337 HH, 147, 148 and 149 of Pakistan Penal Code, according to the FIR.

Shaheed Benazirabad SSP Shabbir Sethar, who had formed three special teams to arrest the suspects, informed reporters here on Friday that two of the suspects, Azam Bhangwar and Ali Haider had been arrested in Karachi and Sanghar, respectively.

Meanwhile, additional police personnel have been deployed in and around Moosa Bhangwar village, four kilometres from Nawabshah where the victims lived, and a picket has been set up to prevent further bloodshed and keep an eye on the precarious situation.

Early on Thursday morning, six cousins of two Bhangwar families identified as Shahbaz Ali Bhangwar, son of Ghulam Mustafa Bhangwar, his brothers Habdar Ali and Rajab Ali; Farman Ali, son of Shah Ali Bhangwar (Ghulam Mustafa`s brother), and his brothers Yar Mohammad and Qurban Ali, were shot dead at Keerio Mori (bridge) whenthey were on their way to court on their motorcycles.

They were to attend hearing of a case about murder of Ishaque Bhangwar and Adam Bhangwar over a dispute on a piece of land 10-12 years back. Shah Ali Bhangwar and Dino Bhangwar were nominated in the case. Shah Ali died in jail whereas Dino was serving his time in Mirpurkhas jail, said the sources.

The sources revealed that the six cousins were also accused in a double murder case involving father of Ismail Bhangwar in 2010.

Police sources said that the two groups of Bhangwar clan had a longstanding dispute over a piece of land and distribution of water which began some 15 years ago. Four persons had so far been killed on both sides prior to this incident and a number of men were in jail in similar cases, they said.

Sources in the village said that over the years, several efforts were made by influential politicians, notables and elders of different clans to make peace between the two sides but they did not agree to bury the hatchet.