July 3, 2021
SUKKUR: Hundreds of workers of Thar Coal Block-II, members of civil society and others organised a sit-in in front of the main gate of Thar Coal facility, along with the body of a deceased labourer Dodo Bhel. An FIR was registered against security in-charge of Thar Coal Block-II Kashif and guards, including Qamar, Huzaifa Malik and one unidentified man for the killing of an innocent labourer.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had taken notice of the killing of a worker by the security guards of Thar Coal Block-II. He called the IGP Sindh and told him to investigate the incident and take stern action against the culprits. Qureshi also held a telephonic conversation with the protestors, in which he assured justice, telling them about his conversations with the IGP and governor Sindh regarding the issue. The PPP district president, Engineer Giachand, Veer Ji Kolhi, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for Human Rights, and others alleged the security guards of Thar Coal Block-II had brutally tortured and killed labourer Dodo Bhel.