A file photo of Karachi police. PHOTO: REUTERS
Ahmed Edhi, the grandchild of the legendary philanthropist, said he was taken to a police station where personnel beat him up, according to Express News.
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Ahmed claimed a police officer also put a gun on his head and kept abusing him.
Shameful behaviour of Sindh Police with #Edhi grandson. Apologised to Ahmad Edhi but why would Police beat any common citizen?
— Gharidah Farooqi (T.I.) (@GFarooqi) July 13, 2016
Taking prompt action, DIG West suspended three police officials involved in the incident.
Edhi who passed away last week in Karachi, was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013 but had been unable to get a transplant due to frail health. He was receiving treatment at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).
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