The Rangers were accompanied by men from Balochistan’s influential Bugti tribe while conducting the raid in Uzman, a rural area of Punjab’s tribal belt along the Balochistan border. The raid was conducted against the Syedani tribe, a sub-tribe of another prominent Baloch tribe the Mazaris. The Bugtis and Mazaris have had a long enmity.
As the Syedanis retaliated, seven-month-old Firdous was killed while 20 other people were critically injured.
Rangers officials have filed an application with Rojhan DSP Shah Alam Gishkori, detailing the conditions in which the raid was carried out.
The Syedani tribe’s Rab Nawaz laid the blame squarely on the Rangers, saying they had conducted the operation without any permission and arrested nine tribesmen. Another tribesman Shedu Khan denied any attack on the Rangers convoy.
The arrests were confirmed by Asim Khan, in-charge of the Bhando Wali Police Station that lies on the border. But, he said, the infant had not been killed by the Rangers and had died a natural death. “The Rangers raid occurred while the villagers said the child’s funeral prayers.”
As the Syedanis retaliated, seven-month-old Firdous was killed while 20 other people were critically injured, according to the villagers.
Rangers officials have filed an application with Rojhan DSP Shah Alam Gishkori, detailing the conditions in which the raid was carried out.
The Syedani tribe’s Rab Nawaz laid the blame squarely on the Rangers, saying they had conducted the operation without any permission and arrested nine tribesmen. Another tribesman Shedu Khan denied any attack on the Rangers convoy.
The arrests were confirmed by Asim Khan, in-charge of the Bhando Wali Police Station that lies on the border. Khan said he was unaware of the raid and reached the spot when the child’s funeral prayers were being said.
The men were released following a 10-hour blockade by the Syedani tribe of the Indus Highway, which connects Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. The men were handed over to DSP Gishkori at the Shah Wali Police Station.
Meanwhile, an FIR under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act was registered in the Goth Mazaari Police Station on the Rangers’ application. The FIR names 13 people of the Syedani tribe and also mentions 30 unidentified persons.
People from the Syedani tribe refused to take their people to the hospital, saying that Rangers takes people away from hospitals.
The men were released following a 10-hour blockade by the Syedani tribe of the Indus Highway, which connects Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. The men were handed over to DSP Gishkori at the Shah Wali Police Station.
Meanwhile, an FIR under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act was registered in the Goth Mazaari Police Station on the Rangers’ application. The FIR names 13 people of the Syedani tribe and also mentions 30 unidentified persons.
People from the Syedani tribe refused to take their people to the hospital, saying that Rangers takes people away from hospitals.
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