JST demands arrest of cops, builders

Karachi

The Jeay Sindh Tehreek (JST) announced on Wednesday that it would hold a province-wide protest to demand the arrest of builders and a top police official who were named in an FIR for allegedly opening fire and killing two people at a flood relief camp in Chappal Sun City located in the Sachal police limits.

JST President Dr Safdar Sikri said that all the suspects should be arrested and the policeman accused in the case dismissed otherwise the party would stage protests from Kashmore to Karachi

Addressing a news conference at the Karachi Press Club, Dr Sirki alleged that SSP Abdullah Shaikh and Rauf Chappal, along with other builders of Chappal Sun City, opened fire on men, women and children at the relief camp. The shooting resulted in the deaths of Ghulam Qamber Soomroo and Ayaz Panwhare, while 17 suffered bullet wounds.

He added that the Sachal police station refused to register an FIR on the incident when approached by the

JST and the families of the victims.

An application was moved before a sessions court and later the Sindh High Court, but the JST president alleged that the builders and the SSP used their money, power and connections to make the petition null and void.

Another application was submitted in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and almost two years after the incident, the apex court issued an order on October 15, 2012, to lodge the FIR.

The FIR was lodged according to these directions, but no arrest was made and the builders were threatening the impoverished families with dire consequences if the case was not withdrawn.

He said that the JST would be forced to use arms if the police or the builders used intimidation tactics against the affected families. “We are afraid of threats and will never surrender to the state machinery,” he maintained.

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