Taking action: Police raid Sardar Wahid Bux’s house, arrest 10 men

PPP leader claims that police apprehended his employees on fake charges of robbery

SUKKUR: Shikarpur police raided the house of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sardar Wahid Bux Bhayo on Tuesday night and arrested 10 of his men on alleged charges of theft of paddy crop.

A heavy contingent of the police, led by the Jahan Wah police station SHO Badal Khan Panhwar, raided the house of the PPP leader, cordoned off the area and took 10 of his employees into custody. Jahan Wah police station head constable Samandar Ali Selro told The Express Tribune that the raid was conducted at Bhayo's house to arrest the suspects involved in a theft case that was registered against them.

The officer said that the complainant, Mitho Korejo, registered an FIR against Bhayo's employees including Rahib Bhayo, Khadim Hussain Bhayo, Ali Bux Bhayo and others. Korejo claimed that the suspects allegedly snatched 80 to 90 maund of paddy from him at gunpoint.

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Talking to The Express Tribune, the PPP leader expressed anger over the police raid on his house. Bhayo claimed that the police broke into his house and arrested 10 of his employees, including his driver, cooks and others, on fake charges of robbery.

Bhayo also blamed Abid Bhayo, the special assistant for forests to the chief minister, for instigating the police to raid his house.

The PPP leader added that he has been trying to contact Shikarpur SSP Nasir Aftab since last night but he did not receive any response from him. "Shikarpur SSP claims to be a very honest and dedicated officer but his actions are speaking otherwise," said Bhayo.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2015.