Clan clash: Police raid village for suspects

The tribes started fighting when Tajoo Narejo was murdered five years ago.

SUKKUR: The authorities raided villages near Abdul Rehman Unnar police station on Tuesday for suspects involved in killing six men from the Kalhoro clan on Monday. Sources say that they cordoned off the katcha area around Keti Abdul Rehman Unnar and bulldozed several houses. A few suspects were also arrested but their names were not disclosed.

Head constable Ahmed Bux Sial told The Express Tribune that they had launched an operation targeting the suspects. He denied bulldozing houses or arresting suspects.

Sources claim that on Monday, men from the Narejo tribe raided the Bhindi Kalhoro village and opened fire and launched a rocket at the villagers.

Six people, including Ehsan Kalhoro, Rajab Kalhoro, Zainul Abdeen Kalhoro, Waheed Kalhoro and Sajjan Kalhoro, were killed in the rocket attack. The suspects managed to escape.

The police took the bodies were taken to the taluka hospital in Pir jo Goth.

Both clans have been at war with each other for five years, when a man identified as Tajoo Narejo was killed by Kalhoro tribesmen. Tajoo’s murder triggered the enmity, which led the Narejo men to kill Abdul Sattar Kalhoro.

In retaliation, Kalhoro men killed another Narejo man.

Sources suspect that the Narejo men attacked the Kalhoro village to settle the score.

Following the incident on Monday, Dur Muhammad Kalhoro filed an FIR against 41 people belonging to the Narejo clan, including Akbar Narejo, Anwar Narejo, Jaro Narejo and Talib Narejo.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 29^th, 2012.