DERA MURAD JAMALI: A heavy gun battle was reported between two rival groups of Magsi tribe in the Goth Kocha area of Jhal Magsi in Kachhi district late on Sunday night.

Levies sources said both the groups armed with heavy weapons took positions and stared firing. `They used heavy weapons,` the sources said, adding that some people were injured in the clash.

The cause of the clash was an old enmity.

The local administration was making efforts to vacate the positions. Personnel of law-enforcement agencies were sent to the area to control the situation, but firing continued till late in the night.

Meanwhile, a man identified as Imam Bakhsh committed suicide in the Goth Allahbad area of Nasirabad district.The motive behind the suicide was a family dispute.

A man was drowned in Bolan river near the Dhadar area of Bolan district. His body was recovered from the river.