LARKANA: Dodapur police have booked 19 suspects, among them five unidentified, on charges of carrying out armed attack on Chuttalabad village on Jan 30, gunning down six people and wounding three.

The FIR registered on Thursday on a complaint lodged by Mohammad Sadiq Babbar under sections 302, 324, 109, 148 and 149 PPC accused Ghulam Mohammad Thaheem, Ahmed Ali Thaheem, Nasir aka Abdul Nasir Thaheem, Faheem Ahmed Thaheem, Mohammad Ramzan Thaheem, Ali Khan Dasti, Rajib Ali Dasti, Lutuf Ali Dasti, Haibat Dasti, Mohammad Yakoob, Hussain Ali, Ghulam Shabbir, Ganhwar Khan Sargani, Jan Mohammad Sargani and five unidentified persons of murder of his relatives.

On Jan 30, according to the FIR, 24 armed men attacked the village and shot dead Khamiso Babbar, Daim Babbar, Sahibdino Babbar, Sabul Babbar, Nasrullah Babbar and Naseer Babbar and wounded Abdul Rahim Babbar, Mohammad Ashraf Babbar and Mohammad Siddiq Babbar.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2023

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