Hindu killing case: In frustrated raid, police set fire to suspects’ houses
SSP Shaikh said that the raids would continue till the absconding men are rounded up. 7 of the 11 men are behind bars.
SUKKUR:
After they realised the men were not there, a police team proceeded to set fire to seven houses of the suspects wanted for killing three Hindus on the first day of Eid.
Shikarpur SSP Junaid Ahmed Shaikh told The Express Tribune that they raided Bachal Bhayo and Azeem Bhayo villages to look for Qazi Ghulam Mohammad but when they didn’t find him they set the houses on fire.
Qazi Ghulam is one of the 11 men named in the FIR registered by Suresh Kumar, the brother of one of the victims. SSP Shaikh said that the raids would continue till the absconding men are rounded up. Seven of the 11 men are already behind bars.
SSP Shaikh is back in the saddle after being suspended immediately following the incident. The home minister transferred him, ostensibly because the police who were meant to be guarding the Hindus had disappeared at the time of the attack. Shaikh was replaced by Asad Raza Shah. But the orders were recently withdrawn.
The triple murder was the outcome of a romance between a Bhayo girl and a Hindu boy in Sitampur Mohalla in Chak, a hamlet located north of Sukkur. Seema Bhayo and Sandeep are still missing.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2011.
After they realised the men were not there, a police team proceeded to set fire to seven houses of the suspects wanted for killing three Hindus on the first day of Eid.
Shikarpur SSP Junaid Ahmed Shaikh told The Express Tribune that they raided Bachal Bhayo and Azeem Bhayo villages to look for Qazi Ghulam Mohammad but when they didn’t find him they set the houses on fire.
Qazi Ghulam is one of the 11 men named in the FIR registered by Suresh Kumar, the brother of one of the victims. SSP Shaikh said that the raids would continue till the absconding men are rounded up. Seven of the 11 men are already behind bars.
SSP Shaikh is back in the saddle after being suspended immediately following the incident. The home minister transferred him, ostensibly because the police who were meant to be guarding the Hindus had disappeared at the time of the attack. Shaikh was replaced by Asad Raza Shah. But the orders were recently withdrawn.
The triple murder was the outcome of a romance between a Bhayo girl and a Hindu boy in Sitampur Mohalla in Chak, a hamlet located north of Sukkur. Seema Bhayo and Sandeep are still missing.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2011.