DERA MURAD JAMALI: A woman from the Hindu community was axed to death in the Baba Kot area of Nasirabad district on Wednesday.

Police said that unknown people attacked Zania Kuma­­ri in Goth Asif Ali Shah and escaped after the murder. The cause of the attack remains unclear.

Police registered a case against the killers.

Jalo Ram, Kumari’s brother, told reporters that his sister was killed for no reason by “influential people” of the area.

He appealed to the insp­ector general of police, Balochistan, and SSP, Nasirabad, to take action against the killers and provide security to his family.

Published in Dawn, March 9th, 2017

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