SUKKUR: A man was killed in a clash between two rival groups belonging to the Chachar clan in Ramzan Chachar village within the jurisdiction of the Jamal police station of Tangwani town in Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Saturday.

Sophisticated weapons were used by the embattled groups in the several hours-long clash, according to local reporters, who said the two sides had been at odds over the possession of a piece of land within the village.

The deceased man was identified as Shahmir, 30, son of Abdul Rasool Chachar.

The area police said they collected the body when guns fell silent and took it to the Kandhkot Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination before it was handed over to the heirs.

Three men kidnapped

A gang of heavily armed dacoits on Saturday stormed their way into a fish farm at Chamni Shakh (water channel) in Kandhkot and took away three persons present inside.

Officials at the B-Section police station were informed that the dacoits kidnapped Faisal, Ali Jan and Irfan Ali Mirani at gun point and sped away into the riverine area on the town’s outskirts.

Meanwhile, the Sukkur police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant belonging to the proscribed Baloch Republican Army (BRA) and seized 10kg explosives, arms and ammunition from him.

Sukkur SSP Singhaar Malik told the media persons the suspect, Paaen Khan, was arrested in raids carried out by police in coordination with an intelligence agency in the Salehpat desert area.

Published in Dawn, May 14th, 2023