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The verdict, given on Saturday by Tharparkar's district and sessions judge Muhammad Bux Bhangwar, also sentenced 11 others accused in the same FIR with two-year rigorous imprisonment while acquitting one of the charges.
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In May 2011, 50-year-old Saleh Muhammad Shoro succumbed to injuries after being attack with an axe during a clash between two groups of the Shoro and Kolhi communities in Bhansar village of Nangarparkar. Kolhi, a former activist of Islamabad-based advocacy group Mehargarh, was accused as the prime suspect in the FIR registered on complaint of Qadir Bux Shoro.
Kolhi, who went underground for over a month to avert arrest, claimed that the case was an act of political victimisation by local influential persons.
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Many civil society activists had also condemned his implication in the case. He has been shifted to Central Jail, Hyderabad, after his conviction.
Kolhi, a law graduate, worked for the rights of the bonded labourers and the Hindu community.
He is also an elected chairman of Bhansar union council in Nangarparkar. He was elected as an independent candidate and later joined the Pakistan Peoples Party.
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