IG Sindh vows to arrest Dr Ajmal Sawand’s killers ‘soon’

KANDHKOT: Sindh Inspector-General (IG) of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon has assured that the killers of prominent educationist Dr Ajmal Sawand will be arrested soon, ARY News reported on Monday.

In a statement, IG Sindh pointed out that a tribal feud claimed life of the prominent educationist, adding that such conflicts will only end when the people of the region want peace.

Ghulam Nabi Memon said that the police have prepared a mechanism for intelligence operation in Katcha areas of Sindh. “We have two options – to manage crime or fight it,” he said, adding that he has faith in the police force and it was ready to fight.

It is pertinent to mention here that prominent educationist Dr Ajmal Sawand, associated with the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), was gunned down over tribal feud in upper Sindh region.

Dr Mohammad Ajmal Sawand was going back from his village in Kandhkot to Sukkur when shooters suspected to be from the Sundrani clan opened fire at his car in the Shalo area, killing him on the spot.

The prominent educationist had come back from France with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to serve his people.

The professor, a student of Cadet College Larkana, obtained Bachelor of Engineering degree in Software Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, in 2006.

He later acquired the postgraduate qualification from Jean Monnet University, Saint Etienne, France, in Computer Science in 2011 followed by his PhD from Paris Descartes University in 2015.