On the run: SHO and his partners evade arrest
He is accused of fatally torturing a person in police custody.
He is accused of fatally torturing a person in police custody. PHOTO: AFP
FAISALABAD:
Former Station House Officer (SHO) of Thikriwala police station, Mian Abid, along with his accomplices continued to evade arrest on Thursday. He is accused of fatally torturing a person in police custody.
The kin of the deceased protested against the inability of the police to arrest the culprits.
A police patrol arrested Shabbir Hussain, a resident of Chak 257, for possession of an unlicensed weapon on Wednesday and turned him over to the Thikriwala police for further investigation. However, he died in police custody after enduring police brutality. Muhammad Mubeen, a close relative of the deceased, informed the press that the SHO tried to extract a confession under duress from Shabbir Hussain. When Hussain refused to buck under pressure, the SHO resorted to heavy-handed tactics with the victim.
The torture apparently rendered Shabbir Hussain unconscious and he breathed his last on the way to the hospital.
The local police said that the victim died due to cardiac arrest and not due to torture.
Following media coverage of the incident, City Police Officer Ashraf Haider suspended the accused SHO and directed the relevant functionaries to register a case against the culprits.
Acting on the instructions, Thikriwala Police registered a case against the station house officer and his accomplices but he managed to escape and has still not been found.
Mubeen accused the police of being in cahoots with the culprits, ensuring that the police official and his accomplices would not be brought to book for their deeds.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, police spokesperson Amir Nasir Javed stated that the police were still investigating the case and the treatment meted out to the accused would be in accordance with the merit of the case.
He said the official would be found soon.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2014.
Former Station House Officer (SHO) of Thikriwala police station, Mian Abid, along with his accomplices continued to evade arrest on Thursday. He is accused of fatally torturing a person in police custody.
The kin of the deceased protested against the inability of the police to arrest the culprits.
A police patrol arrested Shabbir Hussain, a resident of Chak 257, for possession of an unlicensed weapon on Wednesday and turned him over to the Thikriwala police for further investigation. However, he died in police custody after enduring police brutality. Muhammad Mubeen, a close relative of the deceased, informed the press that the SHO tried to extract a confession under duress from Shabbir Hussain. When Hussain refused to buck under pressure, the SHO resorted to heavy-handed tactics with the victim.
The torture apparently rendered Shabbir Hussain unconscious and he breathed his last on the way to the hospital.
The local police said that the victim died due to cardiac arrest and not due to torture.
Following media coverage of the incident, City Police Officer Ashraf Haider suspended the accused SHO and directed the relevant functionaries to register a case against the culprits.
Acting on the instructions, Thikriwala Police registered a case against the station house officer and his accomplices but he managed to escape and has still not been found.
Mubeen accused the police of being in cahoots with the culprits, ensuring that the police official and his accomplices would not be brought to book for their deeds.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, police spokesperson Amir Nasir Javed stated that the police were still investigating the case and the treatment meted out to the accused would be in accordance with the merit of the case.
He said the official would be found soon.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2014.