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SUKKUR, Oct 30: The railway police in their anti-encroachment drive in Freak Hill Colony used tear gas shells to control the residents as a result of which seven people were injured on Wednesday.
The police demolished five houses in their anti-encroachment campaign in Freak Hill Colony. The residents of the area became angry and started pelting stones on the police.
The police retaliated by shelling them with tear gas as a result of which seven people including three women were injured.
The people of the area alleged that despite getting a stay order from the court their houses had been demolished by the railway police.
BUGTIS ATTACK VILLAGE: Five houses were destroyed and dozens of buffaloes and goats were killed when 20 armed Bugti tribesmen attacked the Lali Jakhrani village, near Kandhkot, on Thursday.
When the Jakhranis retaliated, the Bugtis fled.
No loss of life was reported even though rocket launchers were used by the Bugtis in the attack.
According to police sources, the Bugtis and Jakhranis have been at loggerheads since long as a result of which 20 people have been killed so far.
MAN INJURED: A villager, Fakir Mohammad, was injured when armed dacoits attacked the Rahim Rajari village in Deharki and stole five buffaloes on Thursday.
EDO: The executive district officer (Revenue), Mohammad Hussain Syed, has said that all possible measures would be taken to prevent hoarding, black marketing, and profiteering in the district during the month of Ramazan.
He said this while presiding over a meeting of the District Price Stabilization Committee, Sukkur, on Wednesday.
The meeting decided that the prices of fruits and vegetables would be fixed by the market committee concerned on the basis of daily auction prices after allowing 15 per cent profit margin to the retailers.
He directed the shopkeepers to ensure displaying the price lists in their shops.
He said that arrangements for opening complaint centres under the supervision of a First Class Magistrate would be ensured for the facility of consumers and pre-emptive measures would he adopted to keep a watch over the prices of essential commodities.
The prices of essential commodities including pulses, meat, fish, flour, milk, yoghourt, and rice were fixed during the meeting.
