THATTA, June 2: A 10-year-old shepherd boy was stoned to death on Thursday by a landlord for the alleged damages to his ploughed field by his herd of cattle in the coastal union council of Garho.

The victim was identified as Yar Mohammad, son of Dhani Bux, and the accused as Abdul Sattar Lashari.Thatta DPO Fida Hussain Mastoi told this reporter that the boy had attempted to divert the herd to a nearby wood but the cattle mostly buffaloes entered the ploughed agricultural land of Sattar Lashari and damaged it.

The landlord lost his temper and started throwing stones at the boy. One of the stone hit the young shepherd’s forehead, he fell and died on the spot.

A journalist, Imtiaz Khwaja, and some villagers from the far-off coastal village of Rais Umer Khan Lashari said that the tribes of Lasharis and Khaskhelis had immediately called a Jirga to avert any further clash and to settle the issue.

No FIR was registered till filing of this report and the body was shifted to the BHU of Garho for an autopsy.

DEMAND: Office bearers of the taluka Sujawal PPP, citizen action committee, Shehri Ittehad, members of civil society and other leaders of public opinion have demanded immediate removal of Sujawal TMO Pir Haqqani and a probe into TMA affairs.

Through separate statements and a press conference, they said they had informed Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani during his recent visit and he suspended Pir Haqqani under letter dated May 23, 2011.

They said that despite suspension, the influential, who is brother of the sitting president of taluka PPP, was not relinquishing his charge and drawing huge amount of money of TMA in violation of the rules.

They alleged that Pir Haqqani was involved in massive corruption in the TMA and usurped huge funds through bogus vouchers and fake employment. He had showed in record over 20 employees whom had recruited on daily wages for a single fire-brigade vehicle.