LARKANA: A murder suspect escaped from the Gaji Khuhawar police station of QambarShahdadkot district on Thursday night. The SHO concerned was removed immediately after the incident.
The suspect, Raja Gadahi, was arrested in the murder case of a young man, Ghulam Fareed Gadahi, a resident of Kandi Gadahi village.
On the complaint of Mohammad Haroon Gadahi, father of the deceased, the police had arrested Raja Gadahi and kept him in the lock-up of the police station.
As soon as the suspect somehow managed to escape from the police station, a raid was conducted on his home and his brother was taken away by the police to force the suspect to surrender himself.
Meanwhile, Larkana DIG Sheraz Nazir directed Qambar-Shahdadkot SSP Hassan Sardar Ahmed Khan to suspend the Gaji Khuhawar SHO, Ali Akbar Lashari, for negligence. Arbab Ali Wadho was posted as the new SHO of the police station.
The raiding team is stated to have picked up a total of eight suspects for interrogation.