Geo News reported that after recovering three bodies from a well in Balochistan’s Barkhan area, Pakistani police raided the homes of Sardar Abdul Rehman Khaitan, the provincial minister for construction and communications. The discovery of three dead bodies late on Monday night is being told of the wife and two sons of one Khan Muhammad Marri.
According to the police, the police searched all parts of the house, including the guest room. The police spokesman also said that roads leading to Khaitan’s house in Quetta’s Patel Bagh were sealed, and added that the raid was conducted to recover the five children of the Khan Muhammad marriage. “These are the bodies of my wife and two sons, who were kept in a private prison in Haji Kot for the last four years,” said Mari, identifying himself as his wife Granaz, 40, and sons Muhammad Anwar (22), and Abdul Qadir (15).
Marri, who once worked as a security guard with a provincial minister, alleged that his wife and sons were being held in Sardar Khaitan’s private prison, and that five more of his children, including his 13-year-old daughter, were also in prison. I am closed. Don reports that he is still lying there.
Meanwhile, the relatives of the deceased and Mari tribals staged a sit-in protest in the provincial capital against the killings, demanding that the minister be arrested and a judicial inquiry be conducted into the matter. According to Geo News, rallies were also held in different areas of the province to protest the killing.
Rallies were also carried out in different areas of the province to protest the murder, as reported by Geo News. On the other hand, the Balochistan Bar Council boycotted court proceedings today as a protest against the murders. A member of the bar council, Rahib Buledi, said that the lawyers will not appear in the courts today.
Moreover, a tribal council has been convened to discuss the Barkhan incident today at 5 p.m. by Senator Prince Agha Umar Ahmedzai at the Aiwan-e-Qalat in Quetta. A spokesperson of the Aiwan-e-Qalat said that the heads of the Baloch and Pashtun tribes would participate in the council, according to Geo News.