LARKANA:A young man died and another sustained injuries when a chasing Sachal police mobile hit their bike near Miro Khan Chowk within the limits of Waleed Police Station last night. Today morning, relatives held a protest demonstration after which SSP Larkana ordered lodging of FIR against the cops.
According to a report, Rahmatullah Mugheri, along with his relative Turab Ali Mugheri, were returning home after providing a dinner to one of their relatives at a private medical center when they were chased by Sachal policemen in a mobile.
When they reached Miro Khan roundabout, they were hit by the police mobile due to which both fell down profusely bleeding, but policemen instead of shifting them to the hospital, left them in injured condition. After sometime, Waleed police reached the spot and rushed them to Chandka Medical College Hospital for treatment where a 25-year Rahmatullah, son of Ashiq Ali Mugheri, succumbed to his injuries while treatment of Rahmatullah was underway.
On Tuesday morning, relatives of the deceased took his body, held a protest demonstration, staged a sit-in at Jinnah Bagh holding Holy Book in their hands, demanding justice.
They also shouted slogans against police brutality. Sonia Khatoon and Ashique, parents of the deceased young man, Zakiya, Majeeda, Anwar, Hanif and others said that police cruelty was evident from the fact that after hitting the bike, cops even did not shift the injured men to the hospital but ran away which was also an inhuman act. They demanded registration of FIR against the negligent policemen and their arrest. Meanwhile, after the demo, SSP Masood Bangash took notice and directed cops to lodge FIR against the involved cops but till filing of this report, no FIR could not be registered.