Cop ‘helped’ hit-and-run driver flee

Traffic DIG Javed Ali Mahar took notice on Wednesday of an incident where a traffic police officer helped a water tanker driver escape after running over three people and killing them in Akhtar Colony on September 9. The driver was reportedly apprehended by the people present at the spot, who handed him over to a traffic police official, but the policeman later claimed that the driver managed to escape. A video, shot after the accident, went viral on social media on Tuesday, showing that bystanders had then caught the police officer for letting the driver go. The citizens accused the police official of letting the driver escape in exchange for. The Traffic DIG has also sought a report from the South Traffic SP about the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 17^th, 2020.