• Three bodies including a woman were found in a well
• A five-member JIT has been formed to investigate the matter
• The committee will submit a report within 30 days

QUETTA: Government of Balochistan has formed a committee to investigate the incident after three bodies, including a woman, were found from a well in Haji Kot area of Barkhan district.

Police found the bullet-riddled bodies of three people, including a woman, from a well on Monday evening. The three people belonging to the Marri tribe were killed before their bodies were dumped in the well.

The victims were identified by the police as Giran Naz, aged 40-45, wife of Khan Muhammad Marri and her two sons Muhammad Nawaz and Abdul Qadir.

Khan Muhammad Marri said his family was kept in the private prison of Balochistan’s Minister for Construction and Communications Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran.  He alleged that in 2019, his wife and seven children were imprisoned in Khetran’s private jail. He alleged that his family was killed after being tortured.

Balochistan Inspector General of Police Abdul Khaliq Sheikh took notice of the murders and vowed no leniency against those involved. He said a high-level impartial investigation committee will be conducted in consultation with the families of the victims.

The chief minister also took notice of the incident and extended his condolences to the victims’ family. He ordered the home department to form a JIT for the incident’s impartial investigation.

The bodies were recovered from the well and transported to Civil Hospital Barkhan and handed over to Abdul Qayoom Bijrani Marri who identified the bodies after the completion of legal requirements.

The Home and Tribal Affairs Department formed a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to conduct an inquiry into the killing of three persons of Marri tribe in district Barkhan. A notification has been issued on the formation of the inquiry committee under sub-section (1) of Section (3) of the Balochistan Tribunals of Inquiry Ordinance 1969.

DIG Police Loralai Division has been appointed chairman of the inquiry committee. SSP (Investigation) Quetta, Representative of Special Branch Barkhan, and Deputy Commissioner Barkhan have been included as members of the committee. The committee chairman can nominate any other member. The five-member JIT will compile and submit its report within 30 days.

Balochistan Home Minister Zia Langove said the committee has been formed on the instructions of the chief minister. He said impartial investigation will be conducted into the incident.

“The government will not close its eyes on the incident. The Barkhan incident should be condemned as much as possible,” the home minister said.

He said before the incident, the provincial government had issued instructions to local administration to prepare a detailed report on the presence of private prisons in their areas. However, he said the commissioners did not identify any private prison.

It must be mentioned that police found three bodies, including a woman, from a well in Haji Kot area of Barkhan district. Police officials said that the bodies were were spotted by local villagers who informed the concerned authorities.

A police team rushed to the site after receiving information about the presence of the bodies in a well. Police said that it seems that unknown people after killing three people, including a woman, threw the bodies in the well to hide their crime.

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