At least five people were killed and two others were kidnapped in separate incidents across the province on Tuesday. In Marriabad area of Quetta, a man belonging to the Hazara community committed suicide. Police said the man named Asadullah shot himself dead with his pistol. His body was handed over to the heirs after completing legal formalities.
In Kalat, unidentified attackers killed a man identified as Fareeq Muhammad, who was going home after work. Also in Kalat, the Levies Force recovered a bullet-riddled body from Gidar near Surab area. Officials said the Levies personnel acted on a tip off, and reached the site where the body was dumped in an open area after killing. Later, the body was shifted to the district headquarters hospital’s morgue for identification. In another incident, a school teacher, Abdul Rasheed, was gunned down in Mastung. Police said the death could be a result of old enmity. In the Mand area, a heroin addict was found dead. His identity could not be ascertained until the filing of this report.
In another incident, a mob, which was demanding the release of a man detained by police, attacked a police station. The resulting violence left one person dead and several others wounded. Elsewhere, Gwadar Police handed over a dead body to its relatives. The person was said to have committed suicide near the Customs’ House. Police has lodged a case in this regard.
Meanwhile, during the hearing of the case on missing persons and Balochistan unrest, the Balochistan government told the Supreme Court (SC) that at least 101 people had been targeted and killed in the month of June. Heading a three-member bench of the SC at Quetta Registry, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry wondered how crimes against the common man could be deterred if the murderer of the chief minister’s nephew had not been traced. Balochistan Advocate General Amanullah Kanrani submitted before the court that the people who became victims of targeted killings during June include 15 policemen and 86 citizens. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain remarked that all killers vanish after committing crime in Balochistan.
