Bad cops: Family protests ‘police abduction’
Muhammad Shahbaz says Abdullah went to school with his friends five days ago and went missing.
Saddar SHO Malik Jahangir said he was unaware of such an incident. He said he had taken charge of three days ago while the incident had happened five days ago. DESIGN: SIDRAH MOIZ KHAN
FAISALABAD:
Nearly a dozen residents protest against police for allegedly beating a student and forcing him to confess to theft after abducting him from his house.
Muhammad Shahbaz told The Express Tribune Muhammad Abdullah went to school with his friends five days ago and went missing. He said his friends had told them that Abdullah had been taken away by some policemen on charges of theft.
He said his family contacted the police but he was not found.
He said the family got a call on Thursday morning that Muhammad Abdullah had been found at Sitiana Road.
He said the boy was found in an unconscious state and rushed to Allied Hospital in a critical condition.
He said witnesses told him that policemen in a car threw Abdullah on the road and left.
Saddar SHO Malik Jahangir said he was unaware of such an incident. He said he had taken charge of three days ago while the incident had happened five days ago.
He said relatives of the boy had not contacted the police to report the incident. He said if they did, the case would be investigated on merit.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2015.
Nearly a dozen residents protest against police for allegedly beating a student and forcing him to confess to theft after abducting him from his house.
Muhammad Shahbaz told The Express Tribune Muhammad Abdullah went to school with his friends five days ago and went missing. He said his friends had told them that Abdullah had been taken away by some policemen on charges of theft.
He said his family contacted the police but he was not found.
He said the family got a call on Thursday morning that Muhammad Abdullah had been found at Sitiana Road.
He said the boy was found in an unconscious state and rushed to Allied Hospital in a critical condition.
He said witnesses told him that policemen in a car threw Abdullah on the road and left.
Saddar SHO Malik Jahangir said he was unaware of such an incident. He said he had taken charge of three days ago while the incident had happened five days ago.
He said relatives of the boy had not contacted the police to report the incident. He said if they did, the case would be investigated on merit.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2015.