Four, including Balochistan CM’s nephew, killed in Thatta

Zehri’s nephew fired an automatic rifle targeting his younger brother

HYDERABAD: Four people, including a nephew of Balochistan Chief Minister Sardar Sanuallah Zehri, were killed in two separate armed attacks in Thatta district on Saturday.

According to Dhabeji police, Zehri’s nephew, 40-year-old Ghulam Rasool Zehri, fired an automatic rifle, targeting his younger brother, 28-year-old Ali Asghar Zehri, killing him on the spot. Police arrested Ghulam Rasool, who had escaped after the incident, and insisted that the motive for murder was a property dispute.

No FIR has yet been lodged.



The slain younger man’s body was later handed over to the family after post-mortem.

In another clash between of Syed and Bhatti communities, five people travelling in a Suzuki pickup were attacked as they left the district and sessions court. Two of them died instantly while the third succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital. Two others were injured and were referred to a hospital in Karachi.

“The attackers, who were in a car, indiscriminately fired shot on the pickup and escaped,” the SHO of the Thatta police station told local media persons.



According to him, the slain persons had come to attend the court hearing in a case relating to the murders of two men of Bhadahi Syed community who were killed seven months ago.

Both groups are based in a village near the rural town Ghora Bari. The deceased have been identified as Kaman Bhatti, 40, Hakim Ali Bhatti, 27, and Haji Khan Bhatti.

Members of the Bhatti community later staged a sit-in, blocking the National Highway and called for the arrest of the killers, who they believe belong to the Syed community.

FIR of the incident was not lodged till the filing of this report on Saturday evening.