SUKKUR: Prisoners observed hunger strike against jail administration in district prison in Jacobabad early on Thursday morning in protest against lack of facilities and illegal deductions from all the permissible items their relatives brought them.

The jail administration with the help of police tightened security inside and outside the prison in the wake of the protest and immediately informed higher authorities about the inmates’ protest.

When the jail administration locked up the barracks and shifted 17 prisoners to Shikarpur and Sukkur jails over charges of creating disorder, the rest of the strikers ended their protest for fear of being bundled away to other jails away from their relatives.

The additional police contingents which had been called from district administration were sent back after the end of the protest.

Tribal chieftain killed in rivals’ attack

SUKKUR: A notable of Sargani-Jakhrani tribe was gunned down in an attack by rival tribesmen when he was sitting at a guesthouse in Garhi Khero of Jacobabad district on Thursday.

The murder of Abdul Ghaffar Khan Sargani-Jakhrani is an offshoot of an ongoing dispute between Odho and Jakhrani tribes, which has so far claimed more than 14 lives on both sides and inflicted injuries on several others. The two groups had first clashed three year ago over flimsy grounds while playing a cricket match.

Abdul Ghaffar was sitting at the autaq of Zulfiqar Ali Pathan within jurisdiction of Tajo Dero police station when he came under attack and died instantly.

Police and relatives shifted the body to Garhi Khero hospital for conduct of post-mortem examination after which it was handed over to relatives.

No case was registered at the area’s police station.

Published in Dawn, January 1st, 2021