SUKKUR: A grand jirga (tribal court) held in Garhi Khero on Tuesday imposed a total of Rs12million fine on two rival groups found involved in an armed clash that had left six people dead and 15 others wounded in a land dispute some three years back.

It announced that the fine for causing injuries would be determined after further investigation into the matter.

The matter pertained to a piece of land in the Punho Bhatti area of Garhi Khero, located on the outskirts of Jacobabad district.

The jirga, chaired by former provincial minister Sardar Munzoor Ali Khan Panhwar, was held in Adam Khan Panhwar village.

Mir Faiq Ali Jamali, Sardar Abdul Nabi Thaheem, Mukhtiar Khan Buledi, Syed Junaid Shah, Mir Mohammad Sualeh Shalyani, Mir Barkat Khan Mundrani, Mir Baz Khan Brohi, Mir Mohsin Shalyani and other elite of the area, besides a large number of people from the rival Katohar and Mundrani clans, attended the proceedings.

The arbitrators heard the two sides, represented by their respective representatives and counsel, before announcing their ruling. They fixed Rs2million fine for killing one man and imposed a total fine of Rs8 million on Mundranis for killing four Katohar clansmen Sabo Khan, Anwar Ali, Babal and Bashir Ahmed.

A total fine of Rs4 million was imposed on Katohar clansmen for killing two Mundranis Manzoor and Rustam Ali.

Sardar Manzoor Panhwar constituted a five-member committee comprising Akbar Khan Buledi, Mir Mohammad Sualeh Shalyani, Mir Faiq Ali Jamali, Sardar Abdul Nabi Thaheem and Baz Khan Brohi for further investigation into the matter and to determine fine/compensation for causing injuries.