FIR registered against former MNA, others

The former lawmaker is a first cousin of Benazir Bhutto

SUKKUR: The Larkana police on Sunday registered an FIR against more than 200 people, including former Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Shahid Hussain Bhutto, on charges of holding a rally on Saturday against the government and for shouting provocative slogans against Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah.

Shahid Hussain, a first cousin of Benazir Bhutto, and his supporters staged a protest on Saturday night against the police raid that took place at his residence on late Wednesday night. The rally began from his residence in Sachal Colony and marching through the main roads of the city and shouting slogans against the government, culminated in a demonstration at Jinnah Bagh Chowk.

On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, a heavy contingent of police barged into Shahid Hussain's house. They went around the house and took away his sons and guards without saying a word about the reason of their arrest. Bhutto believes that the raid was an act of political victimisation against him.

On Sunday, the sub-inspector of Market police station, Larkana, Azhar Ahmed Mangi, registered FIR No 190/2014 under Sections 6/7 ATA, 341, 147, 148 and 123 of the Criminal Procedure Code against more than 200 persons on behalf of the state. Those named in the FIR include the former PPP MNA, his manager Barkat Ali Khajar, Nazir Ahmed Lashari, Deedar Ali Shaikh, Mumtaz Ali Lashari, Ali Gul Lashari, Khalid Bhutto, Nisar Shaikh, Gulzar Bhutto, Shakeel Abro, Basharat Bhutto and others. No arrests were made till the filing of this report.