Heavily armed bandits staged protest accusing police of extorting money from them

In an unusual event, dozens of armed dacoits in the Ghotki district of Sindh in Pakistan came out in to the open, complaining that the local police are extorting money from them.

Dacoits have been operating in Ghotki for years and looting members of the public. Police Superintendent Ghotki Ibrar Hussain termed the protest the result of hard work being done by the police.



At the same time, he denied that the police have been extorting any money from them. The Superintendent claimed that the police had made the dacoits illegal activities difficult by cracking down on them. "This is a success for police that the dacoits are protesting," he said.

However, the officer did not indicate whether the police would arrest the dacoits. He also said that the robbers were carrying the latest arms available in the market. The Superintendent refused to comment on how the dacoits managed to procure the latest weapons, as well as who was patronising them.