Two college students were shot dead in village Khahi in Garhi Yaseen, Shikarpur district, on Monday because of tribal dispute between Marfani and Mahar tribes.
According to DSP Garhi Yaseen Khuda Bux Panhwar, armed men riding motorbikes, opened indiscriminate fire on Muhammad Asim Mehar and Ali Shad Mehar and escaped. Both the youth died on the spot.
He claimed that following the incident, a contingent of 10 police stations of Shikarpur raided Khand Marfani village to arrest the killers but did not find them.
Meanwhile, the Mahar tribe staged a sit-in protes on the Indus Highway demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. Advocate Zaheer Ahmed Mahar, who led the protesters, told the media that his relatives are not connected with Nabi Dad Mahar whose family was locked in a bloody dispute with Shahbaz Marfani.
According to him, his relatives sent intermediaries multiple times to Marfanis to clarify that they have no connection with Nabi Dad or his associates but they did not accept their clarification. "Marfanis have killed our young and innocent men. These killers should be brought to the book," he demanded.
DSP Panhwar approached the protesters and requested them to clear the road. But the Mahars flatly refused to listen to the police until the culprits are arrested. The sit-in blocked the movement of traffic on the highway for several hours. The incident's FIR could not be lodged by Monday night.
Shah Aqeeq
A man and his nephew were shot dead due to enmity between two groups of Dars community near Shah Aqeeq's shrine in Sujawal district late on Sunday.
The police identified the slain persons as Yaru Dars and Azizullah Dars.
The police have arrested Usman Dars and Sajjad Dars, both custodians of the shrine, in connection with the killings.
The rural town of Shah Aqeeq remained shut on Monday to mourn the killings.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 5th, 2023.
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