Trainee cop sets up illegal checkpoint

RAWAT:

A trainee constable at the Police Training School (PTS), Rawat, was allegedly caught setting up an unauthorised checkpoint on Tulsa Road and stopping heavy vehicles in the limits of the Civil Lines police station. He managed to flee when police raided the spot.

A case has been registered against the suspect for allegedly violating the Police Order and obstructing traffic.

According to police, Waqas Naseer Mirza, who was on patrol with traffic police personnel, received a call from his in-charge informing him that a uniformed traffic official had set up a checkpoint near Tali Mohri on Tulsa Road and was stopping heavy vehicles.

When the team reached the spot, they found a traffic official wearing a nameplate bearing the name Ali Haider and stopping heavy vehicles. However, the suspect fled upon seeing the police team.

On questioning, truck drivers told police that the official had been demanding their vehicle documents.