SUKKUR: A policeman, Riaz Ahmed Jatt, was killed when a tractor-driven trolley laden with sugar cane ran over him at the Cross Bund checkpost, within the limits of the Khambra police station, near Ubauro town of district Ghotki.

According to the police, Jatt had signalled the tractor driver to stop but the defiant man accelerated the vehicle to over run him.

The driver, Manzoor Malik, was arrested and his vehicle impounded.

The policeman’s body was taken to the Ubauro taluka hospital for a post-mortem examination before it was handed over to the heirs.

No FIR was registered till late in the evening.

Published in Dawn, January 10th, 2018

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