Guilty Or Innocent?: Police arrest 15 suspects

SUKKUR: Police raided Manthar Kharos, Allah Yar Kharos, Mola Dad Kharos and other villages in Saeedabad area to capture multiple suspects late on Wednesday. Police teams under Sukkur SSP Pir Mohammad Shah and six SHOs raided villages belonging to the Kharos community, and arrested 15 suspects. The police had arrested Ghulam Nabi Channa from the area last week, and reportedly returned to capture more criminals. However, Kharos community members said that Channa was arrested from Mola Dad Kharos village, but the police not only raided other villages on Wednesday, but also set fire to 11 houses. They chanted slogans against the police and demanded that authorities immediately release the 15 men.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 27^th, 2012.