Overview
- Kailash Kolhi, a 25-year-old Hindu tenant farmer and activist, was shot dead on January 4 in Badin district, with locals naming landlord Sarfaraz Nizamani as the alleged gunman.
- Sit-ins led by minority groups blocked the Badin–Hyderabad highway and the Badin–Thar Coal Road for two days as demonstrators demanded swift arrests.
- Deputy Commissioner Yasir Bhatti and SSP Qamar Raza Jikani held multiple rounds of talks with protest leaders, after which protesters set a one-week deadline for Nizamani’s arrest.
- The accused remained at large in the latest reports, while protesters called for murder and terrorism charges and protection for Kolhi’s family.
- Reports and activists describe the killing, reportedly linked to a dispute over a hut on land, as part of a recurring pattern of violence and delayed accountability against Hindu minorities in rural Sindh.