Farooq Sattar blames govt excesses for death of party worker

DG Rangers meets Sindh governor, assures him targeted operation is not against particular ethnic or political group.


Web Desk February 11, 2014
MQM leader Farooq Sattar speaking to the media at the funeral of the MQM worker Muhammad Adil. PHOTO: MQM

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar alleged on Tuesday that yet another of their party workers had died of excesses meted out by law-enforcement forces in the city, Express News reported.

Speaking to the media at the funeral of the MQM worker Muhammad Adil, Sattar claimed that Adil had been picked up by the Rangers from 5C-2 Area of North Karachi at around 11 AM on Saturday.

At the time of his arrest, Sattar claimed, Adil was in good shape and had got into the Rangers’ vehicle by himself.

The MQM leader added that later, when the family went to the Rangers office in New Karachi on Saturday evening and asked to see him, Adil was handed over to them unconscious and in bad shape. His two brothers shifted him to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was put on ventilator. After 48 hours, early on Tuesday, doctors pronounced him “clinically dead”.

He complained that the Rangers officials did not even bothered to take Adil to the hospital in their vehicle. He had died of injuries suffered during the torture in custody of law-enforcement agencies, the MQM leader added.

Governor meets the Rangers’ chief

Separately, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad Khan met the Rangers director general in Karachi on Tuesday, who assured the governor that the operation in Karachi was not targeting any particular ethnic or political group.

According to Express News bureau chief Aslam Khan, the law and order situation of the city was discussed in the meeting.

The governor was told that the ongoing targeted operation was directed against the criminals and it had no political objective. The operation is not against any particular ethnic group or political party, the Rangers chief stated.

He added that a mechanism had been devised and is in place to address the issue if atrocities if committed by law-enforcing agencies during the operation.

COMMENTS (7)

Adil Uddin | 10 years ago | Reply

@Muhajir Power & Munna Mohajir:

I also belong to an Urdu Speaking background but majority of my relative don't support or agree with Altaf Hussain's continuous dramas and tactics. Talk about yourself and don't include me and many others amongst your ranks who cheer for Altaf Hussain.

How many Punjabis and Pashtuns have you met? Do you know anything about the people of other areas? I as an overseas Pakistani have interacted with many and my knowledge and perceptions about anything are beyond the limits of hate literature that is preached by MQM.

ET, kindly post my this comment if you want Pakistan to remain diverse and please listen to your own conscience.

Maaz | 10 years ago | Reply

@Muhajir Power and @Munna Mohajir

Someone please tell these men the meaning of the word "Mohajir".

I feel sad for you brainwashed guys. Riled up by ethnic disputes propoganda

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