Protection Money: Comments sought from SHO
Umair Saeed said he had received a phone call from someone directing him to collect a parcel
LAHORE:
An additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday sought comments from the Qila Gujjar Singh SHO in connection with a plea against unidentified suspects for demanding Bhata—protection money. Umair Saeed said he had received a phone call from someone directing him to collect a parcel. He said he had discovered a letter in the parcel that counselled him to pay Rs200,000 in protection money within the next 10 days or brace for certain death. Saeed said there was also some mention of a disc containing his personal pictures in the letter. He said he was warned that the photos would be placed on social media to compromise his reputation. Saeed said he had found the disc in question to be empty when he had played it.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2016.
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