Police ASI accused of opening fire on Khuzdar community

The Baloch Hal News

KHUZDAR: A police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) along with other personnel is reported to have opened indiscriminate fire on people’s residences in Niamjo area of Khuzdar district here on Wednesday.

However no causality has been reported. Balochistan National Party (Awami) took out a protest rally against the incident calling for punitive action against the police personnel.

Residents of the area, Lal Mohammad, Maula Bakhsh and Ameer Bakhsh were working on their fields, where their houses are also located, came under fire from the police personnel, local people said.

Addressing the rally, district president BNP (Awami), Javed Baloch said that such acts of violence from police cannot be tolerated. “This is not the first time such incident has taken place in the district. Ironically, the high-ups of the department are unable to take action against such police officers due to unknown reasons,” he remarked.

The participants of the rally demanded of the Chief Minister and Governor to take notice of the incident and warned that they would resort to a severe step if action is not taken against the culprits.