KARACHI: Amid loud calls for an immediate launch of an army operation against dacoits in the riverine areas of Sindh, opposition parties on Tuesday lambasted the provincial government for its continued failure to control the law and order situation across the province and rising cases of kidnapping for ransom in Katcha areas.
The recent spree of killings of kidnapping victims and the broad daylight murder of a primary schoolteacher triggered a strong criticism and condemnation of the provincial government by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Jamaat-i-Islami, Grand Democratic Alliance, Awami Tehreek and Sindh United Party who demanded immediate actions against dacoits in the riverine areas.
On Monday, dacoits shot dead two hostages and threw their bodies into Indus River near Ubauro town in Ghotki after their families failed to pay them ransom before the deadline.
On the same day, dacoits gunned down a primary schoolteacher when he was on way to his school in a village of Kandhkot-Kashmore which was considered a ‘no-go’ area. The dacoits managed to escape with the teacher’s motorcycle into the nearby riverine area.
