KHAIRPUR: The Kha­irpur police on Saturday clai­med to have arrested the prime suspect of the October 31 Daraza firing incident along with his two alleged accomplices.

The firing at a polling station had left 12 people dead and several others wounded. Most of the deceased victims were members of the Hur Jamaat and activists of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional and belonged to Sanghar district.

A police team led by the Khairpur SSP raided Nihal Khan Kalhoro village late on Saturday night and arrested Ikhtiar, son of Bilawal Junejo, Sajid, son of Ghous Bukhsh Kalhoro, and Aijaz, son of Khadim Junejo, a press release issued from the SSP’s office said. It claimed that Ikhtiar was the prime suspect of the incident, adding that one Kalashnikov and a repeater gun were seized from the suspects.

The Sindh government had recently announced a head-money of Rs1 million for Ikhtiar Junejo.

Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2015