Sindh Tribune

FC official arrested for killing Baloch student Hayat Baloch, case registered.

 (Sindh Tribune): Police in Turbat District, Balochistan Province, have arrested a Frontier Corps officer for allegedly killing student Hayat Baloch and remanded him for seven days for questioning.

 Turbat police said in a press release that FC South handed over the accused Shahidullah to Turbat police station after an internal inquiry after which a formal arrest of the accused has now been made.

 The press release said that two FC vehicles were blown up at Balochi Bazaar on Absar Road on August 13, when an FC official shot Muhammad Hayat, who was in a nearby garden, with his official rifle.  As a result, Muhammad Hayat died.

 Police say the investigation is ongoing and the challan will be presented in court after completing solid evidence and witness statement records against the accused.

 Police had earlier registered a case of murder against an "unknown" FC official.

 The case has been registered on the complaint of Hayat Baloch's brother Murad Saeed. Murad Saeed has taken a stand in the FIR that he was on duty at around 12 noon at the time of the incident when he was informed that his younger brother  An FC official opened fire and killed him.  According to the FIR, when Murad Baloch reached the said place, his brother Hayat's body was lying on the south side of Latpat Road in blood.  "When I asked, my father told me that two FC personnel came to the garden and dragged Hayat to the road ..."

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