DADU, March 20: Hesco employees boycotted their offices and field work here on Saturday to protest against police for registering a murder case against an SDO and two linemen.

Led by Wapda Employees Paigham Union zonal chairman Mohammad Usman Junejo, the protesters also took out a procession in Dadu and marched through main roads of the town.

Later, they held a demonstration near the press club for two hours.

Talking to the protesters, Mr Junejo said Hesco officials were on their duty in the Sharif ja Bhan village four days back when a group of villagers and the Bhan Saeedabad police exchanged fire in which a villager was killed.

He denied that Hesco employees were a party in the clash.

He alleged that police, to protect police officials involved in the murder, implicated Hesco SDO Nisar Gadhi and two linemen.

Mr Junejo threatened that power supply to government offices and villages in the district would be suspended if the FIR against Hesco employees was not withdrawn.

Meanwhile, Hesco executive engineer Dilawar Husnain Memon told journalists that residents of the Sharif ja Bhan village had not paid their power bills.

He said Hesco officials were not involved in the killing of villager Mehrab Panhwar, saying he was killed in police firing.

He held police officials responsible for the clash.

Mr Memon said an inquiry team would investigate the matter.

He demanded withdrawal of the case against three Hesco employees.

BODY FOUND: Police recovered the body of Ghulam Qadir Babar, a resident of the Maho Otho village, near the shrine of Juman Jatti in kutcha area the other day.