A large of number people took out a procession and staged a demonstration in Jacobabad, demanding recovery of a 13-year-old boy who was abducted two months ago in a locality of the city, Ramzanpur.
The protesters, mostly including members of Rahoja community and their sympathisers, held placards inscribed with slogans against police as they marched through the city to local press club where they staged a demonstration against the area police, accusing them of ‘utter failure’ to take any action against suspected kidnappers, Manzoor Ahmed and Malhar Chohan.
Taking to media persons, Rahoja Ittehad president Ameer Bakhsh, Ali Nawaz, Zulifqar Ali Rahoja and others said that 13-year-old Tufail Rahoja went missing almost two months ago and now the suspected kidnappers were demanding ransom for his release.Meanwhile a 12-year-old boy drowned in Malir river on Thursday, when three other bodies were also fished out in different areas of the city.
The boy, Mohammad Hanif, drowned in the river near Old Thana, Magsi Goth, in Malir amid rainfall, police and rescue services said.
Memon Goth SHO Ateeq Rehman said that the boy was accompanying his mother, who was washing clothes with rainwater on the bank of the river.
Edhi Foundation spokesperson said bodies of three persons apparently drowned over the last few days were fished out from drains in Manghopir, Gulistan-i-Jauhar and from near Bagh-i-Korangi bridge.
