LARKANA: A group of Hindu community members on Sunday held a demonstration in front of the Bhuttos mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh Bhutto against the Larkana Hindu Panchayat for handing over portion of a Gaushala (cows abode) to some influential figures and favourite traders on low rent.

Leading the protesters, Dr Anil Kumar, Haresh Kumar, Kalyan Das and other members of ‘action committee’ described the Panchayat’s action ‘unlawful’ and demanded eviction of the occupiers.

They raised slogans against the district Panchayat claiming that it had rented out the portion, comprising some warehouses, to the influential figures and its favourite traders at a very low rent. The encroachment resorted to by the occupiers caused congestion and other problems to the cows kept in the Gaushala, they said.

The occupiers’ presence and their activities were also affecting Gaushala’s sanctity, they said. The protesters alleged the that district Panchayat was avoiding talks or action for resolving the issue. They apprehended that the funds sanctioned by the Sindh government for the repair and renovation of the abode might lapse if the issue lingered on.

They appealed to the Sindh government to intervene and help evict the occupiers.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2018