In a residence in the Mehwal Shah neighbourhood of the Kashmore district’s Kandhkot tehsil, a rocket launcher’s shell exploded on Wednesday, killing eight people, including four children, and injuring three others, according to the police.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohail Khoso of Kashmore-Kandhkot, who verified the casualties, the deceased comprised a male, two women, and four children.
He added that Ali Nawaz Sabzoi owned the house, which was inside the boundaries of the Goghat police station, and that all of the people who were killed and hurt belonged to the same family.
Police had arrived at the scene of the incident, according to SSP Khoso, and had encircled the area. Children were also among the injured, he continued.
He said that eight people were killed as a result of a rocket shell that kids found while playing on the ground and took home, where it detonated. The SSP stated that additional inquiry was ongoing and that the Kandhkot Civil Hospital had been placed in emergency mode.
Justice Maqbool Baqar, the chief minister of Sindh, expressed his concern about the occurrence in a statement and requested a report on “how a rocket launcher reached the Zangi Subzwai Goth” from the provincial inspector general.
Were any firearms being smuggled into the kutcha areas? He was cited in the document as questioning, “Are there enablers of the dacoits present in the goth (village)?”
He questioned why there was a “loss of lives to this extent” as a result of the rocket launcher shell explosion.
He gave the IG this directive after expressing his sorrow at the incident: “A detailed report shall be submitted to me.”
A forum of civil and military officials, the Sindh Apex Committee, reviewed the law and order situation in the province’s riverine areas last week. It also approved and finalised plans for a massive operation that will be carried out by police and Rangers against dacoit gangs in the affected districts of upper Sindh.
The SAC was informed that Rangers had been stationed alongside police in upper Sindh districts and that the first stockpile of military-grade weapons had been found in Ghotki as a result of a crackdown on organised weapon smuggling.
An operation has already received many approvals. First, a massive operation to clean up riverine areas was approved by the government, which was then led by Murad Ali Shah, in March.
In its meeting on September 14, the caretaker cabinet later discussed the issue and agreed to launch a significant operation in the riverine area and shut down the internet services.
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