Protest against murder of Rameez Khalil in Quetta
Manan Mandokhail :
QUETTA: Protesters from Balochistan’s Kech district arrived in Quetta on Tuesday to mourn the killing of a ten-year-old boy Ramee Khalil. The boy was allegedly killed by police during a raid to arrest a murder suspect in Turbat city of Balochistan on October 2nd.
The murder of the ten-year-old Rameez Khalil sparked protest in Turbat. A large number of the protesters gathered in the city and demanded the arrest of the police officials involved in the incident. “Rameez had received six bullets”, Zareef Rind, the uncle of the minor boy said.
He demanded of the government to arrest the accused involved in the cold-blooded murder. “Until the government accepts our demands, our protest would continue”, Mr. Rind said.
The protesters demanded of the government to release Zareef and arrest the accused involved in the murder of the ten-year-old minor boy.
The protesters marched towards Quetta and brought the dead body. The protesters blocked the main GPO chowk and kept the dead body of the minor boy along with them. Leaders of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Ghulam Nabi Marri, Musa Baloch, National Party (NP) leaders Saad Dehwar and others also joined the protest demonstration.
Earlier, Balochistan Finance Minister Mir Zahoor Ahmad Buledi, who hails from the town of Buleda where the alleged killing took place, had demanded the government to formulate a joint investigation team to ascertain the facts and conduct a thorough investigation into the innocent boy’s murder.
In a message on Twitter, Buledi said he was deeply saddened by the martyrdom of an innocent child during a raid to arrest a murder suspect namely Yasir Zafar, a police student in Buleda. Buledi had added that no one can stop protesters from going anywhere in the country as there is no restriction mentioned in the Constitution of Pakistan regarding the movement in any part.
