A team of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) that went to disconnect illegal gas connections was attacked by unknown armed miscreants in Osto Bhaley Dino village of Jacobabad. A senior SSGC engineer was also made hostage by the attackers. According to the details, SSGC team comprising officers and workers of Customer Relations, Distribution Maintenance and Surveillance and Monitoring departments of Larkana and Jacobabad were engaged in gas theft survey job in various adjoining villages of Jacobabad district.
On February 12, after completion of task, at 7:10 pm, the SSGC employees were gathering near Muzzamil Fuel Station at the outskirts of village Osto Bhaley Dino to move on to Larkana office. Suddenly about 40 to 50 armed culprits well equipped with Kalashnikovs and guns attacked SSGC staff.
Some of SSGC employees managed to escape but a senior engineer Abdul Hameed Memon of Distribution department Larkana could not succeed to escape and was badly beaten by those culprits. Later on they took him as hostage. SSGC's escaped officers immediately rushed to the nearby Rangers check post and reported the incident. Meanwhile, the concerned officials of SSGC's Security Services department also made contacts with the Rangers authorities for rescuing SSGC's officer. Rangers took immediate action and quickly reached at the incident place and managed to recover the hostage, SSGC engineer Abdul Hameed.-PR