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.
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.
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.