Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday visited the Jhangara Bjara town of Jamshoro district to condole the murder of a 19-year-old student and promise he would bring the killers to justice.

The chief minister, along with Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khawaja and other officials, also offered prayers for the victim, who was killed after she refused a marriage proposal from a local influential.

Shah, after talking to the father of the victim, Ghulam Qadir Khaskheli, also ordered Jamshoro SSP Irfan Bahadur to arrest the local station house officer (SHO) for his alleged reluctance to arrest the influential murderers.

He directed IGP Khawaja and SSP Bhahdar to arrest the culprits behind the gruesome murder.

The parents have accused Mohammad Khan Noohani and two of his accomplices for murdering the student after she refused to marry him.

SSP Bahadur confirmed later that SHO Mohammad Ali Khashekhli has been arrested and Maula Bux Noohani was also a prime suspect in the case.

The suspected killers are said to be at large in the home constituency of the chief minister.

Shah assured the woman's family that justice would be done and those involved in the murder would be brought to book. He announced that the Sindh government would also extend financial help to the family.

Earlier in the day, a large number of area residents as well as members of civil society had taken to the streets to protest the killing and the alleged reluctance of police to arrest the culprits.

Rights activists, the noted singer Deeba Sehar, members of the Women's Action Forum and other prominent individuals had visited the house of the murdered girl to show solidarity with her family.

With additional reporting by Mohammad Hussain Khan.