<p>"More than two dozen armed men (from Kalhoro tribe) attacked Hindu's properties in Pannu Aqil town on Thursday as a revenge for the alleged sexual assault of a Kalhoro girl by a private school's gatekeeper, who is said to be a Hindu," local area SHO Javed Alam said last evening.<br /><br />A heavy contingent of police reached the town to push back the attackers, killing two of them in an exchange of fire.<br /><br />A policeman and a Hindu trader were among the several others who were injured in the incident.<br /><br />Hindus live in large numbers in the interior areas of southern Sindh province since Partition of the subcontinent in 1947.<br /><br />Fearing a backlash from the tribesmen amid the allegations of sexual assault of the seven-year-old Kalhoro girl, the Hindus in Pannu Aqil town had kept their businesses shut.<br />However, the tribesmen torched three of their shops.<br /><br />On Wednesday, the girl was on her way to home when a gatekeeper of a private school allegedly lured her into the school in a bid to sexually assault her.<br /><br />The girl fainted while screaming for help following which the gatekeeper locked her in a classroom.<br /><br />After hearing the girl's screams for help, few people went inside the school and found her lying unconscious in a classroom. However, the gatekeeper managed to escape.<br />The accused was later arrested from Rohri on the charges of sexually assaulting the girl.</p>
<p>"More than two dozen armed men (from Kalhoro tribe) attacked Hindu's properties in Pannu Aqil town on Thursday as a revenge for the alleged sexual assault of a Kalhoro girl by a private school's gatekeeper, who is said to be a Hindu," local area SHO Javed Alam said last evening.<br /><br />A heavy contingent of police reached the town to push back the attackers, killing two of them in an exchange of fire.<br /><br />A policeman and a Hindu trader were among the several others who were injured in the incident.<br /><br />Hindus live in large numbers in the interior areas of southern Sindh province since Partition of the subcontinent in 1947.<br /><br />Fearing a backlash from the tribesmen amid the allegations of sexual assault of the seven-year-old Kalhoro girl, the Hindus in Pannu Aqil town had kept their businesses shut.<br />However, the tribesmen torched three of their shops.<br /><br />On Wednesday, the girl was on her way to home when a gatekeeper of a private school allegedly lured her into the school in a bid to sexually assault her.<br /><br />The girl fainted while screaming for help following which the gatekeeper locked her in a classroom.<br /><br />After hearing the girl's screams for help, few people went inside the school and found her lying unconscious in a classroom. However, the gatekeeper managed to escape.<br />The accused was later arrested from Rohri on the charges of sexually assaulting the girl.</p>