Sindh LG Polls: Violence mars elections in certain areas

Sukkur (HRNW) A man was shot dead and three were injured during a clash between JUI and PPP workers in Sukkur.

The two parties clashed at a polling station in Rohri, leading to the suspension of the voting process.

Firing near Bahadur polling station in Jacobabad left at least six, including PPP’s candidate, injured.

The polling process was halted after the incident.

In a similar incident, polling in Municipal Committee Ward 13 was suspended after a brawl resulted in the death of one person in Tando Adam.

The polling station was immediately closed after the incident.

Sindh IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon, however, said that the body of the deceased did not carry any bullet wounds.

He further added that an autopsy has not been performed so far.

In Kandhkot, at least 20 people were reportedly injured as a fight broke out between the workers of rival political parties in ward 10.

A large contingent of police and rangers rushed to the scene to restore the law and order.

Eyewitnesses said that the workers of the two parties, PPP and JUI, attacked each other with bamboo sticks, leaving scores of people injured.

Polling was temporarily suspended at the polling stations.

A scuffle between PPP and JUI candidates also broke out in Sukkur’s ** Pano Aqil** that left two people injured including JUI general councilor candidate Ghulam Mustafa.

The clash was reported at Fareed Mehr polling station following, what the JUI candidate alleged, was ‘an unprovoked attack.’

Meanwhile, in Nawabshah, armed gunmen took hostage the staff of the social security polling station and the policemen deputed there.

Onlookers said the attackers climbed the wall to enter the polling station, attacked the staff, and took away the ballot papers.