University student shot dead in Hyderabad

A fisheries department official's son was caught in the alleged fake encounter on Friday night

HYDERABAD: A fisheries department official's son was shot dead in an alleged fake encounter in Hyderabad Friday night.

Hadiur Rehman Narejo, a 20-year-old university student, was killed by Naseem Nagar police, who initially claimed that Hadi was a hardened criminal.

After failing to produce Hadi's criminal record and the family's protest, SSP Irfan Baloch felt forced to lodge an FIR on the father's complaint and arrested two policemen.



"After killing my son, the police pressured us to withdraw the case," claimed Habibur Rehman Narejo, deputy-director of the fisheries department.

The family brought Hadi's body to the Hyderabad Press Club where they continued to protest till the police assured them that they would take action. Two policemen, Asad Chachar and Abdullah Channa, were later arrested.  Narejo said that Hadi was on his way to Kotri on a motorcycle to drop his friend when the police fired gunshots at them near London Town in Qasimabad. His friend was injured in the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 25^th, 2016.