The murder of Balal Kaka of Afghan origin again highlighted that the people staying illegally in Sindh are at high risk, local media reported.
Earlier, Balal Kala was shot dead by Pathans at a restaurant over a food bill during Eidul Adha.
Reports in local media said that the hotel owners allegedly shot dead Bilal Kaka and injured his two friends after a dispute over a food bill at the Super Salateen Hotel near Wadhu Wah near Hyderabad bypass – one of the most popular areas in Hyderabad, Daily Pakistan reported.
According to the local media, illegal Afghan residents are involved in narcotics and money lending at a heavy rate of interest. It further noted that they were also involved in killing the Sindi youths.
The local media further pointed out that police authorities and others in law-keeping departments do not act against such elements. Sindh government will have to be serious on this issue so that peace-loving Sindh people can move about freely in Sindh.
Meanwhile, Sindh United Party Chairman and Convener of Sindh Action Committee, Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah said that the law-and-order problem in Sindh increasing because of the Afghans living in Sindh and others coming to Sindh from elsewhere.
Hundreds of protestors from the Kaka Tribe took to the national highway of Pakistan’s Sindh province to protest against the killing of a youth, Balal Kala.
The protest took both the sides of national highway bringing vehicular traffic to a standstill for hours. The groups were reportedly armed with weapons and rods while law enforcers, who were patrolling in the area, failed to intervene to contain the situation.
Later, Bilal’s body and the injured were shifted to the hospital where a large number of people gathered and protested over the killing, according to Daily Pakistan.
Cops also detained hotel owner Sharif Baba while others are still at large. The heirs of the slain held a sit-in at the Hyderabad bypass with his dead body.
Politicians, activists, and social media users took to Twitter and condemned the incident.
An anonymous account tweeted, “#JusticeForBilalKaka Another brutal murder of an indigenous by culprits, Bilal Kaka from Saeed Abad embraced martyrdom, wd Sindh Police take trouble to conduct a free, fair n transparent investigation into the matter?”
“Justice should be done to the #BilalKaka and the killer should be punished but government, state institutions, and political parties should play a role in eradicating the hate between Pashtuns and Sandhi’s,” another social media user tweeted.