The Shia Council’s Divisional President Sheikh Manzoor Hussain and his son Haider Ali were killed in a firing incident in Rahim Yar Khan on Friday.
Hussain was leaving his house in Umar Block of Abbasia Town with his son for participating in a rally led by Haidri Trust on ‘Youm-e-Quds’ when six motorcycle riders opened indiscriminate fire on them.
Hussain and his son were seriously injured as a result and were brought to SheikhZayedHospital, where both eventually succumbed to their injuries.
The bodies were brought to Langar Hussaini where a large number of people gathered to protest the incident.
Members of the Shia Council led a protest rally against the killings, closing down the Emergency Ward of the hospital along with several business centres in the city and damaging private property in retaliation.
Stalls at the Ramazan Bazaar near Melaad Chowk were also burnt down.
Shops, banks, petrol pumps and other business forced shut due to the worsened law and order in the city.
DPO Sohail Zafar Chatta arrived at the hospital with his squad to restore peace in the area.
The police also established checkposts throughout the city to increase security.
Chatta said they had called in rangers to take control of the situation, adding that entry and exit points of the city had been sealed to apprehend the killers.
The DPO said no arrests had been made so far, but police was investigating into the matter closely so that murderers of the Shia leader and his son could be arrested.