Overview
- Authorities said late Saturday they arrested landlord Sarfaraz Nizamani and an alleged facilitator in Hyderabad in connection with the January 4 shooting.
- Kailash Kolhi, a Hindu tenant farmer and activist, was fatally shot in Badin after a dispute over a shelter on cultivated land, according to police complaints and local reports.
- Sustained demonstrations by minority, rights and political groups had blocked the Badin–Hyderabad National Highway and the Badin–Thar Coal Road to press for action.
- Protest leaders temporarily ended a sit-in after officials pledged action and accepted a one-week deadline for an arrest, and the Badin District Bar Association boycotted courts in solidarity.
- Demonstrators have demanded murder and terrorism charges and protection for Kolhi’s family, as rights advocates point to entrenched feudal influence and weak accountability in rural Sindh.