MIRPURKHAS – Thirty-six peasants including women and children were released from illegal custody of a landlord by Pithoro police on Sunday. Pithoro Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Haider Kaniyo reported that a police raid was carried at the agricultural land of Zamindar Shareef Shahani late at night on a Sindh High Court Circuit bench (Hyderabad) order.
He said that all released peasants were now secure and in police custody. He said the released peasants would be produced in the Sindh High Court Circuit bench Hyderabad on Monday. He said that peasant Kanji Kolhi had submitted an application in the court stating that Shareef Shahani had illegally confined his family members because he was unable to maintain the due share of crops.
