Allegations: ‘Police torture’ leaves man unable to use arms
A man has accused police officials of severe torture which has left him unable to use his arms.
Muhammad Saeed, a 30-year-old bus conductor, told The Express Tribune that Constable Naeem, posted at the Tariqbad CIA police post, would take Rs300 per day from him as ‘protection money.’
Saeed, a resident of Neghaybanpura, said Constable Naeem, ASI Niaz Virk, Rana Sakhawat and other police officers arrested him from his house on November 21 and kept him at the Tariqbad police post lockup.
He said he was hung upside down and beaten badly. “Neither of my arms has been functioning properly since the police torture,” Saeed said.
He said no case had been registered against him and he had been victimised for refusing to pay protection money. He said he was let go after police received Rs250,000 from his family and he had been told to stay quiet or face dire consequences.
He filed a request for medical examination with the judicial who directed the Faisalabad DHQ hospital to conduct the examination.
The District Medical Board (DMB) examined Muhammad Saeed on November 30.
DMB head Raja Muhammad Khurram told The Express Tribune that the movement of Saeed’s arms had been restricted. “He cannot pick up weights or move them much,” he said.
He said it appeared his arms had been crushed by a heavy weight. “There are no visible injury marks. We have seen similar cases of torture before,” he said.
He said they did not have the facilities to ascertain whether the damage was permanent or temporary and had referred Saeed to Mayo Hospital.
Tariqabad CIA police post in-charge Azhar Ali said they were unaware of any such incident.
Madina Town SP Mohammad Azhar said Saeed had met him and verbally made the complaint.
“I asked him to bring a medical certificate and a written complaint,” he said.
Azhar said police would proceed according to law after receiving the medical report.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2012.
COMMENTS (2)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
1722521491-0/Ryan-Reynolds-TJ-Miller-0002-(1)1722521491-0-270x192.webp "tj miller reignites feud with ryan reynolds claims actor changed after deadpool s success")
I keep seeing these news stories but I never know what the outcome of these stories in the end? Do these people that commit crimes get punished? or does the victim suffer more at the end? Newspaper is quick to publish the initial story but do they follow up on the case or forget about it?
People endure such tyrannies only and only because they are addicted to leaving everything in the hands of those who can not deliver anything. This is a glowing example which calls upon people to come out of their homes to organise themselves. Organise to ensure that law and order is maintained by all concerned and justice is upheld at all the times. To make justice a very commonly found commodity it is also essential that people at large organise to propagate the idea that of practise justice will become very common only when people at large will get into the habit of practising justice. The practise of justice is absolutely vital for every Muslim.