Overview
- Police used a drone to hunt suspected bandits in Saeed Khan Lakho village near Khairpur, in a Wednesday raid that left four civilians dead, including two children.
- Sindh authorities suspended the SHOs of Kandhra, Patni, and Saleh Pat police stations and attached them to “B” Company at Police Headquarters Garden in Karachi.
- An inquiry is examining whether officers broke standard operating procedures for drone-assisted raids in populated areas.
- Reports differ on who leads the probe, with Rediff and The Shillong Times citing the Sukkur range DIG and Daily Times naming the Ghotki SSP.
- Relatives and members of the Dharija community blocked the national highway after the killings, and officials warned that strict legal and departmental action, possibly arrests, could follow as police drone use faces sharper oversight.