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KARACHI: A woman on Tuesday died due to alleged police shelling during a protest against extended power outages. Several people, including policemen, received injuries when police clashed with protesting residents of Lyari near the Maripur road.
According to details, the demonstrators, who have been protesting since last night, blocked the Mauripur Road for traffic. The protesters hurled stones at the police and the cops retaliated with tear gas and baton charge.
The police claimed the family had agreed to the postmortem of the victim, although, the family took the body home from Liyari General Hospital without the autopsy.
As per reports, the district administration brokered an agreement between the protesters and K-Electric and the power supply company has agreed to issue a schedule for load-shedding in the related areas.
However, a group of provoked demonstrators did not leave the protest spot even though another group dispersed peacefully.
Meanwhile, the police have also arrested several protesters after the failure of talks between the two sides.
In a statement, the police said the cops received injuries after protestors pelted stones, while the injured policemen have been shifted to hospital for medical treatment.
South Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdul Sattar said that the police took action against the ‘miscreants’ who wanted to exploit the situation.
The protest had created an immense traffic load near the Jinnah Bridge and MT Khan Road. The demonstrators have also blocked the Lyari Expressway for traffic at Garden Interchange to Mauripur Road.
DC further said that Mauripur Road has now been reopened for traffic.