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Hindu leader's killing in Pak evokes protest, town paralysed

Hindu leader's killing in Pak evokes protest, town paralysed

Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: www.expressindia.com
Date: February 1, 2002
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=7079

The murder of a prominent Hindu minority leader and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) activist, Sadham Chand Chawla, who had successfully fought a legal battle to ensure voting rights for minorities, paralysed life for three days in Pakistan's southern town of Jacobabad.

Jacobabad, home to Pakistan's minority Hindu community, observed a complete bandh for three days to protest the killing of Chawla by three unidentified gunmen on January 28, The Mirrior said on Friday.

Thousands of people from both majority and minority communities also attended his funeral on January 29. Several local leaders including the Jacobabad District Nazi, Aijaz Hussain Jakrani blamed Chawla's political rivals for the murder.

Local community leaders said they do not rule out the hand of militant groups in Chawla's murder as he was a popular leader both among local Hindus and Muslims.
 


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