HYDERABAD:
Rarely is a dying young man seen smiling in front of a camera as he walks on his foot as blood seeps from his slashed throat. This tragic scene unfolded on Sunday night in Umerkot district where unknown killers or an assailant gave a fatal cut to the throat of Ismail Samejo who walked about 30 meters to reach the office of 15 emergency police before he breathed his last.
The incident took place near Moti chowk area. A bystander who recorded the incident asked Ismail what had happened and who attacked him. In his last words he said, “please keep it yaar [my friend].”
“We don’t have any enemy whom we suspect to be the killer,” Jamaluddin Samejo, father, told the media at the protest sit-in held at Allah Wala chowk in Umerkot town on Monday. According to him, they live in a village which is about 14 kilometers away from Umerkot.
He and his 25-year-old son visited a mechanic shop in Umerkot to get the engine serviced. Jamaluddin said he left his son with the vehicle at the mechanic’s workshop at 18.30, and a few hours later around 23.00 he learned about the incident.
The sit-in, where the dead body was also brought, continued for over six hours until SSP Uzair Ahmed Memon managed to assure the victim’s family that the police will arrest the culprit within five days.
The young man had Rs1,270 cash in his pocket and the police also recovered his mobile phone from the crime scene. Jamaluddin expressed doubts about the person who made the last call on his son’s mobile.
Ismail, who was bleeding profusely from the neck, was put into a mini truck with a single can by the locals who took him to the government hospital, but it was too late for his survival.
To persuade the protesters to end the sit-in, SSP Memon sought a five-day deadline to nab the killers and assured that he would try to fulfill his promise within three days. “We are checking all CCTV cameras in the city and I believe no murder can go undetected.” According to him, the police have started investigating the case from all possible angles.
The elders of the Samejo community warned the SSP that they will resume the sit-in after five days if the SSP failed.
