NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 23: A large number of people belonging to the Hindu community, members of shopkeepers association and the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz took out a procession and staged a sit-in here on Thursday in protest against the murder of a Hindu youth and police failure to arrest the killers.

Mukhi Raj Kumar, president of the shopkeepers association, Hafiz Sikander Ali Daiper, and JSQM leader Mehboob Abro who led the protest said that Vijay Kumar, 22, a shopkeeper, was called out of his home in Kandiaro town by someone at night on May 18 and the following day he was found dead in Sehre Minor (a canal) near Derbelo.

Some villagers spotted the body and informed police who took it to the rural health centre in Tharu Shah where he was identified as Vijay Kumar, they said.

They complained that even after registering an FIR and nominating Saleem Tunio and four other unidentified suspects, police were not making any move to arrest them.

They alleged that the SHO was supporting the suspects who enjoyed backing of some influential men of the town and demanded police high authorities depute an honest officer to probe the murder and arrest the killers.

They urged the government to provide protection to the Hindu community.