Five police officials were suspended from service after a man accused of several robberies and murders escaped from police custody on Monday when he was brought to the sessions court for a hearing. A team led by ASI Muhammad Khalid, Constables Sher Muhammad, Babar Ali, Anwar Masih and Ghulam Mustafa brought Waseem, a resident of Peshawar, from Lahore to Faisalabad for a court hearing. Witnesses said the man ran away as soon as he got out of the police car. City Police Officer Sohail Habib Tajik confirmed the incident, saying he had taken notice of the incident.
He said he had suspended the officials over negligence and had directed Kotwali police to register a case against them.The CPO said he had constituted a team under the supervision of the Lyallpur SP and directed it to arrest Waseem. The Kotwali SHO said police had registered a case against the police team and had started investigations.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2015.
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