I offered FC to handover my sons voluntarily but the FC rejected the offer: Ayub Gichki

Occupied Balochistan, TURBAT: Mir Ayub Gichki, a member of the Central Committee of Balochistan National Party, claimed that the FC raided his residence without any provocation and shot dead all the five inmates, including his two sons, Murad and Zubair, after their arrest.

Talking to media persons soon after taking over the bodies of his sons and others at the Hospital on Wednesday, he said that the FC personnel in large number had surrounded his residence at 3 a.m. When he came to know about the raid, he immediately established contacts with the Commissioner, Mekran Division, and offered that if the FC wants to arrest his sons, he will hand over them voluntarily. The Commissioner conveyed the offer to the senior FC official in Turbat. The FC official rejected the offer.

Later contacts were established with the Provincial Chief Secretary, Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri, and the offer was renewed around 9.a.m, Mr. Gichki told the media men. On the contrary, the FC officials were given orders to start the operation ignoring the plea from civil administration, Mir Ayub Gichki claimed. Soon after, the FC personnel scaled the wall and entered into the house during one FC personnel was injured and later died. It could not be known from where the FC personnel were fired upon, he went on to say.

FC personnel whisked away a domestic servant Zahur alias Gul Khan to and unknown location. The FC sealed off the entire locality and road leading to the residence of Ayub Gichki. Senator Ismail Buelidai of JUI intervened and prevailed upon the Ministry of Interior asking the personnel to hand over the bodies to Ayub Gichki for burial. Ayub said he had personally identified his two sons Murad and Zubair and three others as Hammal son of Dur Jan, Majid son of Hassan and Asseel son of Jharo, a resident of Buleida. He said all the five victims received bullet wound on their head and they all died instantly. The age group of all the victims ranged from 15 years to 25 years, Ayub Gichki told newsmen.

He said he had told the civil administration that he possessed a licence 0.22 licensed rifle. He and his family are not involved in any unlawful activities, nor they had to do any thing with acts of terrorism. He posed a question to the Government why his sons and others were made a pointed target. He asked the FC personnel to hand over Zahur to him if they have spared his life. (Daily Balochistanexpress)