Five men kidnap, torture workshop owner

As many as five people abducted a workshop owner and tortured him over the land dispute. They also shaved his head, blackened his face, and recorded a video of him wearing a necklace of shoes around his neck to make it viral on social media.

The police registered a case under four sections and started raids to arrest the accused. Mubasher Nadeem, a resident of Chak 149 Rb Bharwalian, stated in the case filed with the Balochni Police that he has a workshop at Ada 61 Chak.

On August 1 at five o'clock in the evening, he was going home after closing the workshop when a group of armed accused Akbar, Furqan, Arsalan resident of 66 Rb, Muhammad Anwar resident of 149 Rb and Shah Bahram resident 149Rb, stopped him near sugar mill near Saim Bridge at gunpoint. They have beaten him with sticks and other weapons while using abusive language.

The victim further stated that the accused abducted him to their place at 66Rb, where they tortured him. He further added that they removed his hair using hair removal cream, put ink on his face, put a shoe necklace around his neck and posted his videos on social media.