MULTAN: Following a punchayat's (local jury) decision, a man walked on glowing embers on Monday evening to prove that his brother was innocent in a murder case. Reportedly Abdul Latif had to walk on red embers to prove the innocence of his brother in a murder case in village Bukhara Sharif (Muhammadpur Dewan) in Rajanpur district. Latif crossed the fire successfully before thousands of people but the punchayat did not declare his brother innocent.Councillor Syed Jalal Hussain Shah told Daily Times that Latif's brother Muhammad Hanif, a resident of Islampura, was arrested in 2003 on charges of killing Muhammad Aslam Aswani in Dajal. Hanif is in prison and a murder case is pending in court. Latif claimed that his brother was innocent and the punchayat asked him to walk on the red embers according to a tribal tradition to prove innocence. The councillor said that Moulvi Mauj Ali declared Hanif innocent when no swelling appeared on Latif's feet till night. However the complainant party refused to accept the decision.