January 28, 2006	Saturday	Zilhaj 27, 1426

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SUKKUR, Jan 27: Two villagers were killed in an armed clash between two tribes of the Bhind community in the Allah Dino Bhind village of the Khairpur district in the Gambat police station precinct on late Thursday night.

The tribes have been fighting for six months as a result of a dispute triggered by a murder.

On Thursday night they exchanged hot words and opened fire on each other.

As a result, Shaukat Ali, son of Mohammad Siddiq Bhind, was killed on the spot.

Meanwhile, the body of Abdul Karim, son of Aijaz Bhind, was found in the outskirts of the village, who according to police had died of heart failure due to the clash.

According to police sources, deceased Abdul Karim’s son Nadeem had been shot dead six months ago, and they suspected that deceased Shaukat Ali was responsible for it. To take their revenge, they killed Shaukat Ali.

ARREST: The chairman of the Hindu Panchayat in Sukkur, Eshwar Lal, was arrested on Thursday night in a theft case.

Police took his remand for three days after the arrest.

Hindu Panchayats from Sukkur, Larkana, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Daharki and other parts of Sindh have expressed anxiety over arrest and condemned the police action.

The Hindu community and office-bearers of the Panchayat claimed that the arrest took place at the behest of the district administration and some political leaders.

According to police, Raees Pathan, a workshop owner, had registered an FIR against Eshwar Lal stating that Eshwar Lal along with his brother Jawahar Lal and some other persons broke into his shop and stolen machinery and cash worth Rs25,000.

Hindu Panchayat sources said that Raees Pathan occupied the shop illegally which was a property of Gao Shala. They alleged that Pathan never paid any rent to the Panchayat for it and later occupied more land of the Gao Shala.

They said that Eshwar with other members and police had visited the Gao Shala around two days back and removed the encroachment wall, constructed by Raees Pathan.

Later, political leadership of the district government forced police to register a false FIR against Eshwar Lal and others.

Eshwar Lal claimed that his arrest was a political victimization.