LARKANA: 3 villagers kidnapped

Published March 3, 2003

LARKANA, March 2: A gang of armed men kidnapped three villagers from Murad Bhatti village near Warah Saturday night.

Those kidnapped were identified as Ihsan Khuhawar, 23, Ali Hassan Khuhawar, 45, and Mureed Mirbahar.

A heavy contingent of the Gaji Khuhawar police is said to have gone after the kidnappers.

However, sources told this correspondent on Sunday that the kidnappers had escaped towards the hilly area of Shah Godriyo, which lied in Dadu district.

The police said that one of the hostages had been released but his name could not be confirmed.

STUDENTS-BISE ROW: The Jeay Sindh Students Federation workers on Sunday staged a demonstration and observed a token hunger strike outside the local press club.

They were protesting against the alleged beating of the “peaceful” JSSF protestors by the employees of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Larkana.

On the other hand, the All Pakistan Clerks Association unit of the BISE, Larkana, observed a token hunger strike outside the board office to register their resentment against the JSSF workers’ alleged attack on the board office, beating up of the board’s employees and burning of the admission slips and office files.

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