Barkhan victim's husband accuses Khetran of forcing him to testify against son

Barkhan victim's husband accuses Khetran of forcing him to testify against son

Pakistan

BNP warns of no-confidence motion against Bizenjo if Khetran not removed as minister

QUETTA (Dunya News) – Barkhan incident victim Giran Naz's husband Khan Muhammad Marri on Thursday accused Balochistan Minister for Construction and Communications Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran of forcing him into testifying against the minister's son Inam Shah.

His statement comes in the wake of claims on the media that Khetran's son Inam Shah had conspired against his father to topple him out of government.

He said he was the minister's servant and only Khetran was behind the incident adding that Khetran had three private jails which imprisoned children, women, and the elderly. "I had escaped his jail but he killed my sons Nawaz and Abdul Qadir", he added. He came to know, he said, that security forces had recovered members of his family but the girl was unidentifiable, so she could be anyone's daughter.

Earlier, the Balochistan National Party (BNP) had demanded that the Balochistan government should initiate proceedings against and remove the minister who had received the public ire after dead bodies were found in his 'self-made prison' in Barkhan. 

Taking to Twitter, the BNP warned, “The failure of the Balochistan government to remove the minister will lead to the initiation of a no-confidence movement against Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo”.

Earlier, six family members of Khan Muhammad Marri, his wife Giran Naz, daughter Farzana and sons Imran, Abdul Hameed, Ghaffar, and Sattar, who were abducted from Balochistan’s Barkhan district, had been rescued by the security forces.

45-year-old Giran Naz, 18-year-old Farzana and 12-year-old Imran were rescued from mountainous area of Sibbi Range Kohlu while 19-year-old Abdul Hameed was rescued from Daki by the Levies. Later, the forces also rescued 15-year-old Ghaffar and 11-year-old Sattar.

A day ago, the police arrested the minister for his alleged connection with the brutal murders in Barkhan district. Police said the minister had been apprehended on suspicion of killing three people. Locals continued protest on the second day in Quetta, with demonstrators calling for justice.