Several persons including 4 women have been taken to military camps in Jhaoo area of district Awaran.
According to details received by The Balochistan Post, numbers of people including four women have been arrested and taken to military camps during a freshly launched cordon and search operation in Tobokad area of Jhaoo, on Sunday.
“Pakistani forces started a military operation early morning Today in Tobokad town of Jhaoo, and abducted number of civilians including women,” locals alleged.
Two of the men have been identified as, Basheer Ahmed s/o Mohammed Hussain and Mohammed Ramzan s/o Badain, whereas, the arrested women were identified as Khair bibi d/o Mohammed Hussain, Mahjan d/o Sulaiman, Sameena d/o Ali Murad and Lal Khathoon d/o Ghulam Mohammed.
“The women resisted against the abduction of Basheer Ahmed and were therefore also mistreated and abducted by forces personnel”, local residents said.
According to sources, several others were also arrested and taken to the Waja Bagh army camp, however, the identification of other abductees has not been ascertained yet.
Balochistan is plagued by the enforced disappearances of Baloch youth and activists. However, recently instances of ‘women and children abductions’ have also been reported.
International campaign groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accuse Pakistani security forces as the perpetrators of ‘illegal abductions in Balochistan’.