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Summary After an operation against the drug traders in Shahdadpur, hundreds of people came on the streets to protest against the police. Youth across the city fired shots in the air to close down the markets where as protesters surrounded the police stations and burnt 2 police vehicles.
The police were in the middle of an operation against the drug dealers when one man associated with the Brohi Brotherhood attacked and critically injured a police constable Abdullah Bagrani was beaten up by sticks and metal rods.The police arrested the leader of the Brohi Brotherhood, Ameer Baksh, Khudadar and President of Muslim Students’ Federation, Shahdadpur, Nazir. Thousands of people gathered at Halla Chowk, stopped traffic and burnt tires to protest against the arrests.Youth in the city started firing shots in the air and closed down all the markets in the city. After a gun battle between the police and the armed youth, the police fled the scene where as the protesters set fire to 2 police vehicles and broke with windows of three other vehicles by throwing stones at it.While throwing stones at the police, 2 police constables, Peer Alan and Ali Nawaz along with an innocent passerby were severely injured. DPO Sanghar Abdullah Sheikh called in all the police from the district the control the situation.
