RAHIM YAR KHAN: Some locally-influential persons allegedly burnt down the house inhabited by a poor family after a failed bid to grab it in Zafarabad locality on bypass road here on Sunday.

According to police, there was a property dispute between some members of Dashti clan and one Muhammad Hussain.

On Sunday, a group of locally-influential persons belonging to Dashti clan arrived at the house of Hussain and attempted to eject his family from there.

On facing resistance from Hussain.and his family members, the suspects first demolished the boundary wall of the house and then set its structure ablaze.

According to locals, the police concerned took no action against the attackers despite being called for intervention.

They said the suspects also beat the house owner and his family members, including children, leaving some of them injured.

The injured were shifted to the Shaikh Zayed Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Following the incident, locals staged a protest demo against the police inaction and blocked bypass road for traffic by burning used tyres.

However, the protesters dispersed after police registered a case against the nominated suspects, including Bakht Ali, Ihsan Ali, Kamran, Sardar, Zaman and Kaloo Khan, under sections 448, 511, 148, 149, 427, 435 and 506/B of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) at the City C Division police station.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2022

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