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CJ SHC takes notice of Dodo Bhel murder
July 6, 2021
SUKKUR: Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh on Monday took a notice against the murder of a labourer, Dodo Bhel, who was allegedly tortured and killed by the security guards of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC). The SHC chief justice ordered the District and Sessions Judge Tharparkar to furnish a detailed report of the incident, while summoning the DIGP Mirpurkhas and SSP Tharparkar on July 13. The SECMC security guards had manhandled and killed labourer Dodo Bhel, working at the Thar Coal Block-II. The workers, who were protesting against the killing of their co-worker, were booked in 7ATA by the police on the directives of SSP Tharparkar Sardar Hassan Niazi.
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 T