Abdul Rehman Khetran

On 21 February 2023, Khetran was accused in triple murder incident, At least three dead bodies were recovered in the country’s southwestern region including a woman from a well in Barkhan district on Monday, the corpses were found in a well located in Mir Haji Kot village of Balochistan where area residents informed the officials about the gut-wrenching incident, prompting a strong reaction from the police team and causing outrage on social media, As the incident garnered attention and victims started sharing clips on social media, the incident along with the Khetran started to trend on social media, the victims including a mother and her children were held hostage in an unlawful personal jail of Abdul Rahman Khetran. The Balochistan law enforcers told media that the corpses of Mohammad Marri’s wife and two sons were recovered the three of them are members of a family of the Marri tribe, and the bodies of three victims were sent to Quetta from Kohlu District. Residents hit the streets in protest against the Khetran for the alleged killing the protests spreads across Pakistan in demand to arrest Khetran. Amid the serious accusations Khetran denied the involvement in murder and distanced himself from the heinous killing and called it a conspiracy of his rivals He accused his son to hatch a conspiracy against him to take over the family politics, However many reports highlighted that Khetran had a long history of being accused for kidnapping and killing his enemies, he was previously booked in cases having serious charges including murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and land grabbing, but he remained free due to his connections.[10] On Wednesday, the police arrested Khetran for his alleged role in triple murder after widespread protests and outrage of incident on social media. Amid the condemnations, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan strongly denounced the tragic incident, calling it horrifying.[11]