KANDHKOT: Hundreds of people, majority of them women and belonging to Malik community, staged a protest against the police failure to recover two persons, kidnapped one and half months ago from the limits Buxapur Police.
According to details, the protesters led by Mai Zulekhaan, Mai Manzooran and Mai Mumtaz staged sit-in in front of District Press Club Kandhkot chanted full-throated slogans against the police inability to maintain law and order situation in the districts. They accused the police officers of malpractices and dereliction of duty, saying kidnapping for ransom and street crime incidence had reached alarming proportions but the police failed to rise to the challenge. Talking to media men, the protesting women expressed their disappointment with police high-ups performance, saying despite passage of one and half months the police had appeared unable to locate whereabouts of the abductees including Gul Mohammad and Mumtaz Malik who were kidnapped from Shahali Mohallah Buxapur.
On the occasion, the protesting women demanded that the Sindh IG Police and the Chief Minister should take notice of the poor performance of the district police, asking the IG Police to order the police to ensure safe recovery both of the abductees at the earliest. They also threatened to prolong their protest if their loved ones were not recovered at the earliest.
It is pertinent to mention here that street crime and kidnapping for ransom have witnessed a sharp rise in past two to three months throughout district.
