Arson, vandalism case registered against mob

Heirs of alleged dacoits, killed in encounter, assaulted police, hospital staff

HYDERABAD:

The police have registered cases of arson and assault against heirs of three suspects whose bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital Hyderabad. The suspects were reportedly killed in an alleged encounter with the police on the Indus Highway. Law and order situation was created at the hospital as the relatives of the suspects staged protests, vandalized police vehicles, and assaulted police officers and hospital staff.

A case has been registered at Market police station by ASI Zulfiqar Ali Khokhar on behalf of the government.

The police took the stand in the case that the bodies of the alleged dacoits, identified as Dildar son of Muhammad Soomro Solangi, Munawar son of Hashim Malah, and Dilbar son of Rano Majidano, were shifted to the morgue of the Civil Hospital from Jamshoro. DSP Akhtar Ali Khoso, along with officials, reached at the MLO office situated in the mortuary where MLO Dr. Imran Khawaja was given a letter and the bodies were placed in the mortuary. The police stated that around 100 to 150 male and female heirs of the deceased came to the MLO office and created a disturbance. Meanwhile, the criminals who came with them harassed the staff and fired gunshots in the air, which caused a stampede in the hospital. They broke the sealed DNA sample container and cabinet along with computers and LEDs and damaged other properties of the hospital. In addition to the ladies police of Market police station, the Elite Police also reached the scene to handle the situation. Miscreants saw the police and threw stones at the police mobile van. Meanwhile, the Sakhi Peer police station personnel also reached there to help and surrounded the miscreants, eight men and seventeen women were apprehended. Others managed to escape.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2024.