Women and children rescued from private jail of Balochistan MPA

Syed Ali Shah Published January 12, 2014

BARKHAN: Police and Anti Terrorist Force (ATF) conducted a raid at the private jail of former provincial minister education and member of Balochistan Assembly, Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran on Sunday.

Police said seven people including two women, three children were recovered from the private jail of the former provincial minister.

Six proclaimed absconders were also picked up by ATF and police. Police recovered arms and ammunition from their possession.

Earlier on Sunday, Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran surrendered to police in the aftermath of the registration of the kidnapping case against him in Barkhan Police Station.

Police had registered cases against Khetran, his son and eight others for kidnapping three policemen and snatching weapons from them.

A senior police official who declined to be named told Dawn.com that a team of police comprising personnel of ATF was already dispatched to Barkhan to arrest the Sardar. "Before the arrival of ATF party, Sardar Khetran surrendered before police", he added.

Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran is the member of Balochistan Assembly and he belongs to Jamiat Ulema Islam (F).

He remained provincial minister for education in the past and several times elected as member of Balochistan Assembly.

The police officer said that Sardar Khetran had subjected the police personnel to torture after kidnapping and snatched weapons from their possession. "We will not spare anyone targeting the police", he said.

However, Sardar Khetran contradicted police allegations and termed the registration of case as politically motivated.

"I am in opposition therefore I am being targeted," he said.

There has been no reaction from his religious party since registration of case against him.

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Syed Ali Shah is DawnNews' Quetta bureau chief.

He tweets @alishahjourno

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Dawood

Jan 12, 2014 10:51pm

How many other politicians, zamindars and vaderas have private jails in Pakistan?

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Majid Sheikh

Jan 12, 2014 11:11pm

The tribal-feudal combine, backed by all shades of religious parties and leaders, just do not (a) have any respect for other humans, and (b) for the notion of a Nation-State and the laws it imposes on every person. So this is to expected, educated or not.

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Youth

Jan 13, 2014 12:07am

Three Cheers, I don't know what to write more. What else can we expect when we have such characters manned the assembly of Baluchistan. Shane is a very small word to describe such peoples. Some of the Feudals, Chaudries, Vaderas, Khans etc have defamed Pakistan extensively but who cares because the persons required to care for are all product of the same component

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Sarwat

Jan 13, 2014 12:10am

Just for having women and children in his personal prison, he should be put away for a long time. And for allegation for kidnapping police, his sentence should add another 10 to 15 years behind bars. AND please don't let him off the hook just because he is one of the big guns, we have too many problems as is in Pakistan, try to put a cap on them and clean it up.

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Ayesha Khan

Jan 13, 2014 02:06am

Now don't forget to add his great adventures in the curriculum like Nawab Akbar Bughti's.

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Chaudhry

Jan 13, 2014 03:51am

I can predict that he will never be prosecuted.

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waliali

Jan 13, 2014 03:53am

He is not Musharaf, so he will go free.

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Omair

Jan 13, 2014 04:16am

There are many more private jails in Pakistan.

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Adnana Bloch

Jan 13, 2014 05:28am

These terrorist should be dealt with once for all.

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syed

Jan 13, 2014 06:29am

oh this is just the tip of the ice burg... dig deeper ... you will find many cases like this

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Shah

Jan 13, 2014 01:26pm

It is these Sardars who are keeping the people of Balochistan in the dark ages. They have systematically looted their people's money by controling the government, keeping the masses away from education and blaming doctors and professors from other provinces to hide their crimes.

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Akram

Jan 13, 2014 02:42pm

the only way to progress development in Balochistan is to build schools, and replace sardars in public bodies like the senate, and NA and provincial assembly with the educated middle classes. They will bring development much quicker than those who simply want to maintain the status quo.

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arsalan

Jan 13, 2014 07:05pm

@Akram: Good suggestion Akram. I think Master degree should be a minimum requirement for Provincial and National Assembly members. Remove all Waderas, Sardars and big businessmen from the assemblies and Pakistan will progress.

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Jamal

Jan 13, 2014 08:05pm

When will we have a leader who will grab the country by its forelocks and drag it to 21st century? All these feudals need to be thrown out on the street with land reforms as India did!

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Jan 13, 2014 08:27pm

So musharraf was right.

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Khanm

Jan 14, 2014 11:37am

Do we have any values. Allah itni Khudaie na day. kay apnay siwa kuch dikhai nay day.

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Mohsin

Jan 14, 2014 06:12pm

So these jails were there for God knows how much time and nobody cared, suddenly he tries to mess with police and his bad time starts, why didn't these law enforcers do anything earlier...and what about the others like him?

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Rizwan

Jan 14, 2014 10:43pm

And you wonder why the democracy corrupt media are throwing in a charge against Mashraff for killing these very same landlords who house private prisons. Who blow pipelines and who conspire with India against Pakistan. Who is the traitor.... think.

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Bhutta

Jan 15, 2014 06:18am

We know why Pakistan cannot progress. Waderas, Sardars, feudal lords, big businessmen are in majority in the parliament and provincial governments. Most of them are barely educated. They are super rich and their main interest is to serve their own interest, not the interest of the people of Pakistan. They RIGG and BUY the elections. They make sure that sincere people like Pervez Musharaf and Imran Khan cannot enter or succeed in politics. The only way is for the people to speak up in support of Musharaf and Imran.

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Sarwat

Jan 15, 2014 06:23am

@Jamal: Well Musharraf did, look where he ended up. We the citizens of Pakistan are our own biggest enemy. We don't want to see clean Pakistan.

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Jan 15, 2014 07:45am

And this guy was the education minister. That explains the state of education in Baluchistan. Wonder what his leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman has to say about this.

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ARIFMUQRI

Jan 15, 2014 01:45pm

@Jamal:good idea. If it happen peace will be there.

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farooq

Jan 15, 2014 01:46pm

Baluchistan is becoming an enigma. What are the landlords there hiding? Why the whole province is so hidden from the common public in Pakistan that I would bet that majority of Pakistanis have not seen the province even in Pakistan.

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farhat

Jan 15, 2014 07:08pm

@Jamal: Good comments Jamal. There was a leader - Musharaf who tried his best to bring us out of the dark ages, then came our so called democratic RULERS Zardari and Nawaz and you and everyone has seen what they did to Pakistan - don't expect any improvement until these Sardars, Waderas and big business people are ruling us. They are busy taking revenge and filling their pockets hwo can they focus on improving Pakistan. They want to apply article 6 selectively while majority of the politicias don't qualify to be in Parliment because they don't meet the requirement of articles 62 and 63 (Ammen and Sadiq).

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