A reputed doctor and literary figure, 76-year-old Dr Anwar Ali Almani, and his farm worker were shot dead in an armed clash between two groups over a piece of agricultural land in a village in Tando Muhammad Khan district on Saturday. The incident, which also left three men injured with gunshots, took place in the village Nim Layyar near Hyderabad.
According to the local residents, a conflict between Almanis and Nizamanis over agricultural land has been going on for years. Dr Almani was visiting his village in the limits of Shaikh Bhirkio police station when a clash reportedly erupted between the two groups.
The doctor and his farm worker, Ahmed Baran, were killed in the firing while Naimatullah Almani, Muhamamd Umar Nizamani and Ali Muhammad Nizamani were injured. Initially, the dead and injured were shifted to Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, but later the bodies of the deceased were taken to the district headquarters hospital Tando Muhammad Khan for postmortem.
SSP Abid Ali Gadani Baloch of the district police visited the place of the incident. Later, he also visited the hospital and met the doctor's family and assured them that the culprits would be brought to book. However, the police could neither arrest any suspect by Saturday evening nor the incident's FIR could be registered.
Dr Almani, a graduate of Liaquat Medical College which is predecessor of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, started his career as a medical officer in 1974. A year later he left his government job and established a charitable hospital in Tando Muhammad Khan.
He later also founded Darul Uloom High School and Makhdoom Bilawal Science College as well as Kareem Bakhsh Almani Vocational School in his native village, to honour his father. His works in Sindhi and English languages include Religion and Man; Why Revolution; Call of Truth; Who Deserves to Live.
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