According to the report by the Balochistan Human Rights Group, on the night of 15th of July,2023the residential homes of Baloch citizens in the vicinity of a gas station in Chabahar Free Zone were set on fire by military forces and security personnel of the Free Zone.
As per the report, military forces and security personnel blocked the area from Pich-e-Jadgall Abad to Pich-e-Free Zone from 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM, not allowing any vehicles to pass through. During this time, they proceeded to burn down the homes of Baloch citizens.
It is worth mentioning that in recent years, the pressure from government and security institutions on Baloch citizens in the outskirts of cities in Balochistan, especially Chabahar and Zahedan, has significantly increased. Human rights and social activists in the Baloch community believe that such actions by government authorities are part of inhumane “population and territorial engineering” plans, which inevitably weaken the identity of this minority group.
