DADU, Feb 22: The first additional and sessions judge on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to five people facing charges of involvement in the murder of Roshan Hingoro who was shot dead in Khanpur village in the area of Khairpur Nathan Shah police station on Feb 7, 2003.

The judge also fined them Rs50,000 each. The convicts are Noor Mohammad Hingoro, Yar Mohammad Hingoro, Ali Khan Hingoro, Khuda Bux and Anwar Hingoro.

DEMO: Dozens of people belonging to Chandio community staged a demonstration outside the local press club on Thursday against police for arresting their relative Ali Hassan Chandio three days ago on charges of involvement in Mannu Bheel case.

Mehboob Chandio and Wali Chandio who led the protest told journalists that Sanghar police were wrongly insisting that Ali Hassan Chandio was Ali Sher Chandio who was involved in the Mannu Bheel case.

They stressed that their relative Ali Hassan was innocent and demanded he should be released immediately.

They feared police might kill him in a fake encounter.