SUKKUR: A jirga (tribal court) held in Jacobabad on Sunday imposed a fine of Rs4 million on two policemen for killing two persons in an alleged encounter in 2021 and another Rs1 million as the cost of the case borne by the aggrieved families.
According to the ruling, the policemen, Dilawar Hussain Sabhayo and Mohammad Ali Brohi, had gunned down two innocent persons, Bakhtiar Jakhrani and Mohammad Sher Jakhrani at Tirkundi Chowk in Jacobabad on May 22, 2021 and claimed it to be encounter.
Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2023
