KHAIRPUR, May 2: A villager of Gaji in Sobhodero taluka has lodged an FIR against 21 people under section 395, 436, 220 PPC on the directive of additional sessions judge, Gambat, here on Monday night. The complainant, Nawab Siyal, stated in the FIR that on April 4, some people who were accompanied by police personnel forcibly entered his house and robbed him and his relatives of cash and gold ornaments. He further alleged in the FIR that the accused had set ablaze the house of his relative, Nooral.

Besides former SHO of Sobhodero, Zamir Shah, Saheb Khan Lashari, ASI of Saghiyoon police, constable Darya Khan, villagers Mohammad Safar, Darya Khan, Abdul Ghafoor, Sheral, Imdad, Irshad, Nisar, Qadir Bux, Allah Ditto, Abdul Karim, former taluka nazim Sobhodero, Kazim Ali Shah, taluka nazim Sobhodero and Muharram Ali Shah were also nominated in the FIR.

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