Doda Elahi and Gamshad Baloch – students of Karachi University’s Department of Philosophy who were reportedly taken from their home in the city on June 7 – have returned home, Nasrullah Baloch, president of the non-profit organization Voice of Balochistan Missing Persons, said on Tuesday. Said to ,
In a brief confirmation, the worker told don.com That the students returned to their homes at Gulshan-e-Iqbal, near Chowringhee, after 3 o’clock. “Both of them are residents of Kech district of Balochistan,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Doda’s brothers Sheikh Elahi and Hudhair Elahi tweeted that their brother and his friend were “safely released”. don.com It was able to confirm that the accounts belonged to members of Doda’s family.
Both thanked God and all those who stood by the family in difficult times.
Protest outside Sindh Assembly
Relatives, activists and friends of the two students were forcibly dispersed by the police and over two dozen of them were arrested from outside the main gate of the Sindh Assembly in Karachi.
They were there to protest the “arrest” of the couple. demonstrators camped out Outside Karachi Press Club (KPC) for the last four days.
The police action was widely condemned, as footage emerged of police personnel dragging peaceful protesters and stuffing them into police vans.
South-SSP Asad Raza told dawn Police detained 19 men and nine women when they were trying to enter the assembly building. The official denied that the protesters were abused. He said that women police officers have detained the women protesters.
Meanwhile, the organizers of the sit-in accused the police of misbehaving with women and children. He said the Sindh police on Monday reneged on its promise to hold a meeting of the kin of the missing students with the officials of the Anti-Terrorism Department. So, the organizers continued, they again staged a sit-in near the Sindh Assembly building, where the police assaulted the protesters and arrested them.
The protesters were later released.