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The attackers, who appeared to be carrying modern weapons, were seen by the Express Tribune riding motorbikes near Sangi Police Station heading for Nirch village in broad daylight.
Abdul Rahim Kalhoro, the village elder, recounted the horrific events, saying, “They attacked our homes and killed two of our youth.”
He further revealed that the attackers also abducted two women and a girl, injuring at least three other people, The Express Tribune reported.
In response to the attack, the police launched an operation in the Kacha district along the Indus River, claiming to have successfully rescued the kidnapped woman and girl. However, sources indicated that no arrests were made during the operation, which raises questions about the effectiveness of the law enforcement response.
The villagers expressed their frustration and disappointment at the police’s inability to protect them. They said nearly 400 armed men reportedly passed four police stations, several security checkpoints, and even the national highway with impunity, The Express Tribune reported.
Villagers filmed the attack and posted the footage on social media.
The motive for the attack appears to be related to an incident that occurred a day earlier when a village girl eloped with a man from a nearby village.
Abdul Rahim Kalhoro, one of the village elders, said, “We assured the Mahar tribe that the girl would be returned within three days. We also assured them that a fine would be paid.”
The situation has left locals in distress, The Express Tribune reports, and they are now calling on the Sindh government and law enforcement agencies to catch the culprits responsible for the brazen attack.
“We are poor and helpless. It seems that people like (our) have no right to live here,” said Kalhoro.
Despite attempts to reach the relevant senior police officials, SSP Sukkur Sanghar Malik and DIG Sukkur Javed Jiskha have yet to respond to inquiries about the incident.
Earlier on Saturday, while speaking to ANI, World Sindhi Congress President Rubina Greenwood accused the Pakistani establishment of not protecting minorities and allowing them to be systematically targeted.
Atrocities against ethnic minorities have risen in Pakistan in the recent past, according to reports.
In a recent incident that shook the world, the 150-year-old Mari Mata Temple in Karachi was razed to the ground. The temple has been the target of land grabs and developers for years, according to reports.
Reports stated that another temple in the Kashmur region of Sindh province was attacked on the same day with rocket launchers.
According to Greenwood, minorities in Pakistan are allegedly subjected to inhumane political and public attitudes. They are often on the receiving end of “politics of exclusivity and mob aggression”.
“Some say Pakistan has become a frenzied fundamentalist country, accusing the government of negligence and commitment,” she added.
Greenwood added, “Unfortunately, the reality is that Pakistan has become very radical towards the minority. I don’t whether people over 70 years of brainwashing our people and education system, culture has really changed the outlook of the country, people’s expectations as well. But we need to understand that fundamentally, the whole political thinking and institutionalization of Pakistan as well.”
She added, “Pakistan was built as a Puritan state. Puritan state means that the state can actually use religion to control the people, mentality, growth and total thinking about people’s thinking can be controlled by religion. They have changed the mentality of the entire province through the education system and their cultural mentality. The people of Sindh, Punjab are secular. They are not anti-people mentality 70.”
“They want to create this instability in Sindh because it is one of the most secular provinces in Pakistan,” she added.
On the effect of propaganda tools on the people, Greenwood said, “Sindhis have a secular culture and they have a strong sense of nationhood, viewing Sindh as one nation. We have Sindhi Hindus, Janet Sindhis, Sindhi Muslims and Sindhi Muslims. So, if they create religious antagonism and religious discrimination, they can actually control Sindh and suppress nationalist sentiments in Sindh.”
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