Two people belonging to a pro-government
peace force were injured on
June 20 in a landmine blast
in the Mondrani Pat area of
Sui in Dera Bugti District,
reports Daily Times.
According to sources, unidentified
armed militants had attacked
a camp of the peace force
with sophisticated weapons
in the morning. However, no
one was injured in the attack.
The peace force men were chasing
the attackers when they were
hit by a landmine explosion
in Mondrani Pat. As a result
of the explosion, two of them
following the assailants were
injured. No outfit claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Separately, a Hindu trader, identified
as Ganga Ram Sharma, who was
abducted on an unspecified
date two months ago, reached
home in Uthal, Headquarters
of the Lasbela District. According
to the Bela Station House
Officer (SHO), Attaullah, the Khuzdar Assistant Commissioner had informed
him that the trader had been
recovered from a local hotel
in the Naal area of the Khuzdar
District. It could not be
immediately confirmed if the
relatives had paid ransom
for his recovery. Talking
to reporters, Sharma said
that two months back some
unidentified people in Police
uniforms came to his shop
in Lasbela and told him the
Uthal District Police Officer
(DPO) had summoned him. “They
blindfolded me, and drove
me to some unknown location,”
he said, adding that the abductors
had been talking to him in
Urdu and had not asked him
about his family or any ransom.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ordered
Intelligence Agencies and
Police to recover and produce
the missing persons before
the court in next hearing
on July 9, 2012. The Supreme
Court also ordered the Federal
Defence Secretary, the Balochistan
Chief Secretary, the Balochistan
Home Secretary, the Balochistan
Inspector General (IG) and
the Frontier Corps (FC) IG
to take concrete measures
for the recovery of missing
persons. The court ordered
the Balochistan Government
to provide PKR 1 million compensation
each to the heirs of 381 people
found dead in the province.
The court also ordered the
Provincial Government to submit
a compliance report on July
9, 2012. |
