Three policemen, SI suspended in Lahore

Police officers involved in torturing a journalist

LAHORE: Four police officials of Mughalpura police station, including a sub-inspector, involved in torturing a journalist were suspended on Friday.

Civil Lines Operations Superintendent of Police Raza Safdar Kazmi suspended the officials, including SI Abdul Ghaffar, Head Constable Jamshed Iqbal, Constable Muhammad Ashfaq and Constable Khurram Shahzad for misconduct and inefficiency. "The following police officers posted at police station Mughalpura, Lahore, are hereby placed under suspension and closed to headquarters Civil Lines division Lahore with immediate effect on account of misconduct, inefficiency," a notification read.

"During the suspension, they will draw pay along with usual allowances as admissible under the rules."

Earlier, the suspended police officials had not only allegedly held the reporter of a private TV channel hostage in the police station for the whole night, but also beat him brutally over a minor altercation.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2018.