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MIRPURKHAS Sept 18. Unknown persons robbed a truck carrying cotton bags to Sattari cotton and ginning factory at ring road near Kak Bunglow more here on Friday. Report said that a truck carrying cotton crop of landlord Abdul Rasool Kalro of lakhs of rupees was on his way to Sattari cotton and ginning factory from Bachaoband that unknown armed car occupants intercepted it near 78 Mori at Umerkot Mirpurkhas road on gun point and held hostage Mohammad Shafique Malik , driver of the truck and robbed it near Kak Bunglow more even threw the driver with tied hands and legs with rope in shrubs and drove away the loaded truck towards unknown destination. Taluka police have detained the suspected driver for interrogation on the directives of cotton owner landlord Abdul Rasool Kalro, however no case of this incident was yet lodged till filing of the news. 

MIRPURKHAS Sept 18. About a dozen Ulma of a religious group were arrested in crackdown by police in the city early morning on Saturday here as result Ulma action committee announced to observe the strike in the city even announcement to close the shops was also made from different mosques in the city and with cooperation of traders associations complete strike was observed in the city as result all the shopping centers, markets and bazaars remained closed. Petrol pump and CNG services also remained suspend while traffic was thin in the city. Ulma action committee claimed that Moulana Haroon Maawia, Mufti Sagheer Ahmed, Moulana Zaheer Ahmed, Hafiz Faisal Arif, Amjad, Mufti Maqbool Ahmed and 6 others were arrested by police in raids and kept them to unknown whereabouts. Protest meeting of Ulma action committee was held in Madina Masjid and after Zohar prayer a peaceful rally was taken out from madina Masjid led by Moulana Hafeezur Rehman Faiz , carrying banners and placards marched through main roads and chanted slogans against DPO Mirpurkhas Zulfikar Maher and SPO city Mohammad Ayub Dars while demanding the higher authorities to suspend them without any delay as they had become the party in the dispute between two religious group over a house situated in Hirabad. They reached at local press club where they held protest demonstration, while speaking at the protesters leader Moulana Hafeezur Rehman Faiz held responsible to DPO Mirpurkhas and SPO city for the present lawlessness and disturbance in the city and demanded the Sindh government to suspend the DPO and SPO city to bring the peaceful situation in the city. He further demanded the authorities to release the arrested innocent Ulmas and accept their genuine demands, otherwise he announced to observe strike on Sunday also in the city and said that protest meeting of Ulma action committee Mirpurkhas will be held in Madina Masjid on Sunday morning in which future course of action will be decided. He asserted that any kind of protest including arresting , surrounding of DCO and DPO office Mirpurkhas and holding protest demonstration would be adopted to press the authorities to provide justice them. He further announced that on Sunday protest demonstration would be held also in other towns of the district and could be block the entry and exit ways of the city. Later they dispersed peacefully. Besides, on Friday late night on behalf of state an FIR was lodged with town police station under section 324, 147, 148, 149, 341, 353, 188 PPC and 3 loud speaker against the accused Haroon Maawia, Attaullah Shaikh, Hashim Shaikh, Nadeem Mota, Hafiz Akbar Rashid, Sagheer Karnalvi, Riaz, Arif Faisal, Moulana Arshad, Zaheer Karnalvi, Ehtishamul Haq, Shah Fahad, Amjad Yousuf Zai and dozens of unknown persons. Allegations were leveled in the FIR that few of them outside the Masjid Baitul Mukarram near Old Bakra Peri with TT pistol issued threats to police to leave the area while through loud speakers people were instigated to gather there for taking action against police even they violated the section 144 ban imposed by DCO Mirpurkhas. It may be recalled that district administration and district police have been failed to resolve the dispute between two religious group over a house in Hirabad even a woman was killed and various persons were injured in past owing to this dispute but still thousands of residents of Hirabad are in panic and disturb due to this dispute. 

MIRPURKHAS Sept 18. One person was killed of poisonous liquor and a teenager boy was killed in road accident here on Saturday. Report said that Rajesh alias Rajo was killed after consuming the poisonous liquor in Mirwah Gorchani town. He was died in the way to rural health center Mirwah Gorchani. Learnt that the poisonous liquor was purchased from Babo Village near Bilaro Shakh. It may be recalled that few days back, two persons Prem son of Bharo Kolhi and Mohammad Asif son of Himayyoon Rajput had already been killed of poisonous liquor in Mirwah Gorchani town. However concerned police did not take any legal action against the dens of liquor and its factories even Narcotic dens in taluka Mirpurkhas.

Meanwhile two motor cycles were collided in speed at M.A.Jinnah road as result Ismath Kumar, 13, resident of Khar Para was seriously injured owing to serious head injuries , rushed to civil hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. However no case of this incident was lodged with town police station till filing of the news.