HYDERABAD, Sept 8: A factory worker was killed and three others were injured when a boiler in a ghee factory in the Site area exploded on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Bux, resident of Jamali Goth.

The injured, Afsar, Ghulam Nabi and Ashraf Khan, were taken to the civil hospital where a doctor of the burns ward told this correspondent that Afsar and Ghulam Nabi were in critical condition.

self-immolation threat: Relatives of a factory worker, who had died in custody of the Kotri Site police on Aug 18, have threatened to commit self-immolation on Thursday if a murder case was not registered against police officials concerned and action was not taken against them.

Around 200 people, including residents of Bihar Colony and relatives of the deceased Nisar Mallah, held a protest demonstration outside the Shahbaz Building here on Wednesday. They were led by Qazi Sahib Dino, uncle of the deceased, and other relatives and leaders of the Sindh Tarraqi Pasand Party and the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz.

They gathered on the Thandi Sarak and demanded action against sub-inspector Bakshal Khokhar, in charge of the Site police station, ASI Mazhar Pitafi, head constable Arif Abbasi, constables, Asghar Halo and Mukhtar Ahmad, Bashira Magsi and her son, Gadda Hussain.

They said Mr Nisar had been tortured to death by policemen who later described it as an incident of electrocution. A heavy contingent of police had been deployed to avert any untoward incident.

The residents refused to end their protest till they met the regional police officer. But the DPO told them that the RPO was in Islamabad and that a meeting would be arranged with him when he returned.