Young Hindu businessman shot dead in Pakistan, protesters block highway.

Again a Hindu businessman shot dead in Pakistan’s Sindh province. What is happening inside Islamic Pakistan?

A Hindu businessman Satan Lal was allegedly shot dead by suspected Islamist assailants in Ghotki district of Pakistan’s Sindh province.

Sangeeta Kohli | HENB | Karachi | Feb 2, 2022:: A young Hindu businessman was shot dead in Pakistan’s Sindh  province on Monday by influential elements allegedly belonging to the local Muslim-Dahar community. The incident took place  only 2 km away from the Daharki town of Ghotki district, reported local media.

Satan Lal, the businessman, was shot dead on Monday over a piece of land in Ghotki district, reported The Express Tribune.

“There was an inauguration of a cotton factory and flour mill on the land of Satan Lal where some people shot and killed him,” The Express Tribune+ quoted Lal’s friend Mukhi Anil Kumar, who was present at the scene, as saying over the phone.

“We initially thought that it was the aerial firing to welcome Saen Sadhram Saheb, spiritual leader of the community,” he added.

“They are threatening to kill me, smash my eyes and cut my hands and feet. They are asking me to leave Pakistan. I belong to this country and will prefer to die here but will not surrender,” said Satan Lal  in a video that went viral a few months ago.

“The roadside land belongs to me and why should I give it up,” he was further quoted as saying. Late Lal had requested the chief justice of Pakistan and other authorities to provide him justice, naming those who were threatening to kill him.

A source in social  ^[1][2][3][4] media said, “Another Hindu Business man murdered in Daharki, Sindh while Hindu Sant Sadhram was inaugurating a cotton mill. Mill’s owner Satan Lal was killed in broad day light with out any fear of Law Enforcing Agencies (LEA). Assassins escaped successfully with the alleged help of Mian Mitho & local Police. Pir Mian Mitho is infamous for kidnapping & converting Hindu girls with the support of Pak Army & Imran Khan.” The protest against the Hindu businessman murder sparked heavy protest among the persecuted minorities.

This is the latest incident of atrocities on minority communities in Pakistan. On January 4, another Hindu businessman, Sunil Kumar, was shot dead by unidentified people at Anaj Mandi in Sindh province.

On January 30, a Christian priest was shot dead and another wounded by unidentified gunmen who opened fire on them in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city.

According to a report by news agency ANI, the businessman’s murder had led to a shutdown in the city.

On Tuesday, a large number of protesters blocked the National Highway to protest the killing of the Hindu businessman.

The Hindu-Sikh protesters demanded justice for the persecuted minorities always under the threat and routine torture of Islamist element in Pakistan getting protection of police and political parties there.

As per Express Tribune+, following the sit-in, police arrested ring leader Bachal Dahar and his accomplices accused of killing Lal. The locals had earlier staged a protest in front of Daharki police station to press the law enforcement agency to apprehend the culprits.

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__Inputs from Express Tribune, ANI and FaceBook of Aneel Kataria.