A protest over the abduction of some members of the minority Hindu community by bandits in riverine areas continued in Sindhs Kashmore on Monday for the fourth consecutive day . Protests over their abduction as well as increasing incidents of robberies in Sindh were also held in several other cities in the province yesterday with the relatives of the victims demanding their early and safe recovery .
The protesters including people from all faiths also demanded an operation by the army and Rangers against the kidnappers and bandits . Dr Chand Mahar one of the individuals leading the protest told Dawn.com over the phone that the demonstration was being staged at Dera More an area near the SindhPunjab border since Friday last week .
Dr Mahar estimated that around people had been kidnapped by riverine bandits during the last few months. Some of them were released after the payment of ransom he added. We are taken as easy prey by dacoits as far as the pay of ransom is concerned, Dr Mahar said today that people were fed up with these kidnappings.
He said he had raised the matter with former chief minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and had been in talks with him over the issue before the end of his tenure as the former Chief Minister of the province’s previous chief minister. He added that the law and order situation in upper Sindh is very bad especially in Kashmore was very bad .
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