Local leader of PPP found dead

The body which was packed in a gunny bag, was spotted by a passers-by

HYDERABAD: A local leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was found dead with his throat slit in Tando Muhammad Khan district on Sunday.

The body of 30-year-old Sabir Hussain Bhutto, a former PPP labour wing leader and a human rights activist who lived in Gulshan-e-Faiz Colony, which was packed in a gunny bag, was spotted by passers-by on a bank of Phuleli canal near the shrine of Jumman Shah.



Junaid Bhutto, the brother of the slain leader, registered an FIR at the City police station, nominating former labour wing leader Abdul Hakeem Dasti, who has been arrested, in the case. He claimed in the FIR that Dasti used to give life threats to his brother and had also previously attempted to kill him. In reaction to Dasti’s arrest, some people tried to force the market areas to shut down.

However, the police arrested six persons and prevented the shutdown. Bhutto, who worked for a pesticides company, was married and a father of three children.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 30^th, 2017.