Police Torture: Cops beat family for hiding ‘robber’

Police officials arrested the mother and brother of a youth who came to celebrate Eid with his family.

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police officials have arrested the mother and brother of a youth who came to celebrate Eid with his family on Saturday. Police also attacked media teams for reporting the incident. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred in Qaddafi colony, where police officials raided a house to arrest Salim who was allegedly involved in several robbery incidents. According to Salim’s sister Rukhsana and Rehana, their neighbors had registered fake cases against their brother over a longstanding dispute. During the raid, ASI Abdul Ghaffar grabbed Salim’s mother Hafsa Bibi’s hair and tortured her.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2011.