According to reports, a fight broke out between a ticket checker and a passenger over an issue involving ticketing. Railways police had to be called to resolve the issue and they beat up the passenger resulting in his death.
The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Saleem. The train, Mehar Express, was en route to Rawalpindi from Multan.
A case has been registered against the railway police officials.
Railways Minister Saad Rafique has taken notice of the incident and directed DG Railways Munir Chishti to investigate the involvement of railways police. Further, an investigative team has been formed under the supervision of DIG Shariq Kamal to probe into the incident.
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@Zaki: In what fools world are you living, disobedience or an informal negligence by a passenger doesn't get a bullet or doesn't deserve death in any manner. Defending your security officers with such pathetic excuse is inadvisable. Sanctioning a challan is the maximum penalty passenger can get, beating him to death is damning and should be condemned, This article should not be up to debate, and try realizing whats right and whats wrong
very sad indeed.
Railway police is under Saad Rafique - same gullu butt force like punjab police.
Here in Canada/US, if the police is called and you resist they will shoot you right away without even knowing the reason. So many cases have been escalated in recent past when the policeman killed a harmless innocent person.
So, Police is the same everywhere in the world! Let it be a 1st world country or a 3rd world country... I am not at all supporting this brutal act by the Police anyways....
The railway police is a separate body and has nothing to do with Punjab Police...
This is Punjab police under the umbrella of CM punjab. Let him make more Metros. This is his priority
so worth of a human life is less than a train ticket. Desperate nation
no body can wait and see, like Imran Khan
Sad reality of our country - a petty crime (or an honest mistake) could result in death whilst billions stolen, trillions wasted will get you to become a VIP! It's a cultural shift that is needed, not making one or two investigative reports!
Go Nawaz Go