Illegal detention: Man in custody goes missing

According to Mohsina, the SHO kept Dost at City police station for six days during which Dost was severely tortured.

PESHAWAR:

A family from Charsadda has accused the police of keeping 35-year-old Dost Muhammad in custody without any charges and refusing to tell his relatives of his whereabouts.

Speaking at the Peshawar Press Club on Saturday, Dost Muhammad’s niece Mohsina alleged SHO Ejaz Khan and three other policemen arrived at Dost’s house in Station Korona on the night of October 24 and forcefully took him away. According to Mohsina, the SHO kept Dost at the City police station for six days during which Dost was severely tortured. However, no FIR was registered during that time.

“SHO Khan approached our family saying Dost would be released if we paid him Rs60,000. However, Khan returned the money a few days later saying we had publicised the matter and he would no longer help us,” claimed Mohsina. During the six days Dost was imprisoned, the family was able to visit him, but he has been missing from City police station since then. The family requested the IGP, Peshawar High Court chief justice and K-P chief minister to take notice of the issue.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 10^th, 2013.