SUKKUR: Inspector General of Prisons Fida Hussain Mastoi has suspended Khairpur Central Jail Superintendent Abdul Ghaffar Chandio and 13 other officials over attack on prisoners inside the jail which left one inmate dead and two wounded a day before.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Hashim Rind and the wounded as Imamuddin Rind and Sikandar Gopang.
The notice issued by the IG Prisons’ office said that Abdul Ghaffar Chandio, Superintendent Prison (BS-18) of Khairpur Central Prison was directed to report to Sindh Home Department, Karachi, and Imran Ali Dahot (Assistant Superintendent working as Deputy Superintendent Prison), Inamullah Dogar (Assistant Superintendent Prison), Zulfiqar Ali Maitlo (Assistant Superintendent Prison/Duty Officer), Muhammad Ismail Malik (Assistant Sub Inspector Prison), prison head constables Saleem Wassan, Sikandar Ali Khaskheli, prison constables Muhammad Ali Narejo, Nizam Hussain Shaikh, Abdul Hafeez Rind, Arbelo Khan Tangar, Ghulam Rasool Soomro, Muneer Ahmed Brohi and Punhal Khan Rind were placed under suspension. They would draw their usual pay and allowances as permissible under the rules, said the notice.
FIR filed on attack in jail
A case was registered on Wednesday on behalf of state at A-Section police station under Sections 7ATA, 302, 324, 120B, and 112pp about prisoner’s murder in an attack inside the Khairpur Central Jail a day before.
The FIR’s complaint ASI Shahnawaz Khaskheli said that he, along with other police personnel, transported nine prisoners in a jail van from the central jail to civil court in Kot Diji. The prisoners were; Muhammad Hashim Rind, Imamuddin Rind, Abdul Khaliq Rind, Nadeem Rind, Juman Rind, Sikandar Gopang, and others, he said.
The FIR said that when they returned from the court, the prisoners disembarked from the van and started walking towards main gate of the jail, three assailants Muhammad Alam Rind, Muhammad Bakhsh Rind, and Wahab Rind sitting in the waiting room nearby, all armed with pistols, directly opened fire on the prisoner Hashim Rind with the intent to kill him.
Hashim died on the spot and two other prisoners, Imamuddin and Sikandar suffered wounds, he said. When police fired back, one of the assailants, Wahab Rind, was injured and arrested, while the other two, Alam Rind and Muhammad Bakhsh Rind, managed to escape, he said.
IG Prisons visits Larkana Central Jail
Sindh IG Prisons, Fida Hussain Mastoi, along with DIG Prisons Sukkur Muhammad Aslam Malik, visited Larkana Central Jail on Wednesday to inspect security arrangements at the facility in the wake of Khairpur jail incident.
He inspected various sections of the jail, reviewed the security arrangements and assessed the facilities being provided to the inmates.
He listened to prisoners and directed the jail administration to resolve all legitimate problems of the inmates. They should be provided all the facilities in accordance with the jail manual, so that they did not face difficulties during their incarceration, he said.
Jail Superintendent Ghulam Murtaza Pathan told Dawn that the IG Prisons’ visit was focused state of on security in jails after the recent incident at Khairpur jail.
Published in Dawn, June 26th, 2025
