Lessee gunned down over land bidding

Landlords did not want deceased to participate in government land bidding

PAKPATTAN:

A lessee was killed for bidding government land against the landlords, and a case has been registered against three landlords, but so far no accused has been arrested.

According to a local source, in village 161 EB in the limits of police station Saddar, the landlords shot and injured lessee Ghulam Rasool when he bid for government land against the landlords.

Later, Ghulam Rasool succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Taking notice of the incident, DPO Tariq Wilayat issued instructions to take action against the accused.

Saddar police station registered a case of murder against three landlords Nadir, Mohammad Khan, and Mohammad Sarwar on the complaint of Ghulam Mustafa, son of the deceased. The deceased had leased the government land by bidding against the landlords in the village a few days ago.

The accused used to forbid Ghulam Rasool from participating in the bidding, the accused said that Ghulam Rasool should give a lesson on participating in the official bidding today. On which Sarwar etc. opened fire and killed the lessee, Ghulam Rasool, the accused escaped from the spot with weapons.

The police shifted the body to the hospital for post-mortem. After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to the heirs. The police are investigating.

The accused belong to the Watto community while the victim belongs to the Machhi community. Police are conducting raids to arrest the accused.

SHO Abid Ashiq Mahar says that the accused will be arrested soon and the demands for justice will be fulfilled.

Earlier on May 04, a landlord and four other men have been booked for allegedly torturing an employee's brother and sharing a video clip of the assault on social media in resentment after he quit his job in the Saiyanwala area. Sahiyanwala police arrested the landlord Fazal Chadhar and his security guard Ali Aoun.

According to the police report, Siddique, a 35-year-old labourer from Chak No. 43, took an advance salary from farm owner Chadhar, a resident of Chak No. 129, and in return sent his son Waris to work for him. However, Waris suddenly disappeared after working for some weeks.

The complainant said that Chadhar searched for Waris but could not find him. He then summoned his brother Munawar to his place and handed him over to his guard Aoun, who took him to a room and tortured him. The labourer kept apologising but the landlord and his gunman did not spare him and kept beating him.