TV journalist Muhammad Bachal Ghuniyo shot dead in Sindh’s Ghotki district

SUKKUR: Unknown armed men shot dead another journalist Muhammad Bachal Ghuniyo , who was associated with Sindhi Awaz TV channel, in district Ghotki on 26th August Tuesday morning. According to details Muhammad Bachal Ghuniyo was killed when he arrived at his farmland in the Rwanti Katcha area within the remit of the Shaheed Din Muhammad Laghari police station in Mirpur Mathelo. His family and local residents allege that bandits from the riverine area may be involved, but police claim the killing could be due to “personal enmity” and that the journalist was killed due to an old dispute between two parties of the Ghuniyo family. The area police said that they rushed to the spot as soon as they received information about the incident and shifted the body to the taluka hospital for a post-mortem examination.
However, shocked by the gruesome murder, the victim’s family and a large number of their relatives, journalists and social activists took the coffin to Mirpur Mathelo and staged a sit-in in front of the SSP office. The demonstrators raised slogans against police and district administration and demanded immediate arrest of the killers. However, they ended their protest when the police assured them of complete justice.
Later, DIG-Sukkur Pir Muhammad Shah directed the police to arrest the killers and conduct a transparent investigation into the case. Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice of the killing of the journalist “in an attack by riverine area dacoits”. According to a press release, he ordered the inspector general of police to arrest the killer forthwith and speed up the operation against riverine area gangs.
Source: RMNP