Jirga slaps Rs3.2m fine on police party for killing woman in raid.

DADU -- A jirga (tribal court) presided over by Janwari tribe's chieftain Sardar Niaz Ahmed Janwari on Friday ordered the SHO of Mahar police station and his seven subordinates to pay a fine/compensation of Rs3.2 million for killing a woman.

The woman, Zarina Janwari, was wounded when the police party fired some shots to disperse angry villagers resisting their raid on her house in search of a suspected criminal in the village, about 12 kilometres from Mahar town, some 40 days ago.

She remained under treatment for 20 days but succumbed to her wounds at a Karachi hospital.

The bereaved family lodged a murder case against the police party and also approached their tribal chief to seek justice.

On Friday, Sardar Janwari held a jirga in his autaq (guest house), located in Allah Dino Janwari village of Mahar taluka and heard both sides. The jirga proceedings were attended by officials of the area police as well.

SHO Abdul Muneem Larik and the seven accused policemen told the jirga that they had to fire blank shots in defence as they were attacked by the mob that obstructed the police team from discharging their official duty. The policemen said that the woman accidentally received a bullet.

The woman's husband, Urz Mohammad, and her...