TOBA TEK SINGH: A man stabbed to death his wife and injured critically his sister-in-law at Kamalia in Muhalla Amaratsarianwala on Monday.

The police said Musarrat Bibi, wife of Attaullah, had been residing with her parents at Renala Khurd for the last year. Two days ago, Attaullah brought her back after reconciliation, and on Monday, he axed her to death.

Later, he went to the adjacent house of his elder brother Muhammad Aslam and injured his wife, Mumtaz Bibi (also the sister of the deceased). She was admitted to the Kamalia THQ hospital. The police were conductingraids toarrest the suspect.

INJURED: Two robbers were critically injured in an encounter with Rajana police on Monday.Police said both wounded outlaws were on physical remand and were being taken to government forests near Chak 536-GB for the recovery of looted valuables on their indication when four unidentified accomplices of both robbers attacked the police van to free them.

They received bullets fired by their own accomplices.

The wounded gunmen are Asif Kharal, of Faisalabad`s Chak 417 JB, and Fareed Ansari, of Chal( 399-GB, Tandlianwala. They were admitted to the DHQ Hospital.

OPERATION: Faisalabad Waste Management Company (WMC) CEO Bill Feroz Joya and Assistant Commissioner of Jarranawala Noaman Ali Dogar led on Monday an operation against land grabbers and retrieved 150 acres allotted to the WMC for use as a waste dumping site.

A press release from the district information department said the land was worth more than Rs450 million.