Four prisoners were injured in police shelling when a clash erupted between the prisoners and Administration of Central Jail Larkana over the shifting of the prisoners to other jail of Sindh. Score of prisoners broke the internal front gate and several of them climbed on the roof of the barracks in protest. They burnt clothes and hurled stones on police cops.
Meanwhile, heavy contingence of police from different police stations including Civil Line, Waleed Police Station, Market Police, Rahmatpur Police Station, Haidri and others were called in to control the situation while the jail police were helpless to cop hold of the violent protest.
The Local Police resorted to aerial firing and shelling on enraged prisoners resulting four prisoners sustained injuries who were identified as Sagar Solangi, Gul Pathan, Hakim Ali Sangro and others. While talking to media men prisoners told that Jail Administration disconnected the electricity, gas supply and deprived them of basic faculties violating the jail manual. They said jail administration was also forcefully shifting their colleagues to Sukkur, Khairpur, Kamber Shahdad Kot and other jails.