Prisoner dies of alleged police torture

Relatives of deceased demand inquiry into incident

HARIPUR:

A prisoner died of alleged police torture at Haripur Central Jail on Saturday.

The relatives of the deceased demanded an inquiry into the incident. According to sources, Ghazi Police allegedly arrested Wasif Riaz, a resident of Khalo Ghazi on the charges of narcotics and detained him illegally and subjected him to torture at the police station.

When his condition started to get worse, he was produced in the local court and sent to the Central Jail, Haripur, where the prisoner died on the second day.

Sources claimed that the Central Jail authorities did not pay any attention to the condition of the prisoner.

Conflicting rumours were spreading in the Central Jail Haripur on the mysterious death of Wasif, however, a resident of Khalo said that the deceased was tortured at the Ghazi police station. The cause of death of the prisoner the following day was blood vomiting, bleeding in urine, and broken bones of arms and legs.

The relatives have alleged that they got a medical examination was conducted and according to the reports, the deceased was subjected to torture. They added that the higher authorities should take notice of the incident and provide justice to the family.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2023.