GHOTKI – A 26-member polio team was held hostage in Sindh’s Ghotki district on Monday. Police were called to the scene to deal with the situation.
Tehsildar Ashraf Pitafi claims the 26-person polio team, which included 12 women, was kidnapped in the Kharohi area of the district. He said that criminals had taken the health staff hostage and were demanding a share in water from the nearby canal.
The Tehsildar deemed their request to be unlawful.
A week-long door-to-door polio vaccination campaign began in several areas of Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan on Monday.
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