Trainee sub-inspector considers resigning after verbal abuse from senior

Naveed Abdul Majeed appeared before Iqbal Town SP Ali Raza to present a case

LAHORE: A trainee sub-inspector has alleged that a superintendent of police (SP) verbally berated him and forced him to consider resigning from his job.

In an official report, Naveed Abdul Majeed stated that he appeared before Iqbal Town SP Ali Raza to present a case. He shared the details of his case with the senior official who listened to him patiently. However, at the end of the conversation Raza went on a tirade and unleashed a torrent of abuse on the trainee in the presence of the inspector.



Following the outburst, Majeed left the office on the orders of the SP. “For two hours I sat on a park bench outside the SP’s office to try and pinpoint the reason for being treated in such a manner,” he said. “Later, I realised that it was because I was a trainee sub-inspector and lower in rank. I returned to the office and requested to appear before the SP where I accepted my ‘mistake’.

Majeed said he requested the SP not to verbally abuse any other individual in such a manner. “I prayed to God to raise his respect and his rank and left the office,” he said.

He claimed that surviving in the police department seemed to be difficult for him and he was inclined to hand in his resignation.

The incident resulted in an uproar on social media among lower cadre police officials.

One such individual posted that the regime had changed but not the system.

Another person said that blue-eyed officers of the previous governments were still exploiting their subordinates, and enjoying picnics in Murree and Kashmir on police welfare fund.

One person maintained that the only way to reform the system was to make officers of Grade 18 and above accountable for their actions.

Meanwhile, an audio recording of a station house officer (SHO) abusing his subordinates for not responding to his calls has surfaced.

In the clip, officials try to explain that they did not receive any call. However, the SHO pays them no heed and continues to hurl abuses.

This is not the first incident of lower rank police officials being mistreated that has been reported. A few months ago, an SP physically assaulted an SHO and misbehaved with a DSP. However, the official in question has served in two important divisions in Lahore for over a year.

While Majeed only responded to the incident by considering to step down, there have been dozens on incidences where officers have committed suicide after senior officials verbally abused them. In 2018, ASI Imtiaz was admonished by higher ups for requesting leaves. This incident caused him to end his own life.