Sanghar police accused of shielding PPP MNA in triple murder case

As the Sanghar police refuse to nominate Pakistan Peoples Party's MNA Allauddin Junejo in the FIR of killing of three men and injuring over a dozen in an armed assault, the affected group of people arranged sit-ins with the dead bodies for the second day.

The protest was staged outside Sanghar press club and the hope to see the protestors disperse ended after talks between the affected people and DIG Nawabshah failed to yield results.

The incident happened on Sunday in village Jani Junejo in the limits of Chautiari police station. Mushtaq Junejo, Ali Baksh Junejo and Abdul Rasool Junejo were gunned down. At least 15 persons were injured. Several of them were later shifted to hospitals in Karachi, Hyderabad, and Nawabshah.

The markets in Chautiari, a rural town of Sanghar, were closed down in reaction to the incident. Conflicting claims have emerged about the cause of the clash. The MNA and his supporters maintained that the slain and injured persons were allegedly attacked because their livestock animals were entering their agricultural fields time and again even though police were also involved in the matter.

However, relatives of the dead and injured persons alleged that the MNA's armed men charged upon their village with the intention of occupying their land. Former MNA Naveed Dero, who joined the protestors outside Sanghar press club, accused MNA Junejo for the incident.

In her statement, MNA Shazia Mari of the PPP condemned the killings of people in a clash between two groups. She requested the home minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar and IGP Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon to conduct an impartial probe and to bring culprits to the book.

The supporters of Sarwari Jamaat MNA Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman, who also belongs to the PPP, held a protest in Sanghar on Monday, condemned Sanghar police for its indifference to the incident. GM Hingorjo, Anwar Bhambro and other protestors denounced that the police neither timely responded to the incident nor it is showing any interest to round up the culprits. According to them, the slain and injured persons were associated with Sarwari Jamaat. The protestors bemoaned that the PPP is yet to condemn the killings of innocent people.