Abuse of power: ‘Cops forcing us to run gambling den’
The SHO and other policemen threatened us.
LAHORE:
An additional district and sessions judge sought comments from the Lytton Road SHO on Wednesday after a woman accused him of forcing her son to run a gambling den. Petitioner Zarqa Munir told the court that several policemen, including SHO Asif Zulifqar, were paid Rs100,000 per month by her son, Khawaja Umar, for running a gambling den. “When we refused to continue the gambling business, the SHO and other policemen threatened us. They beat up Umar severely. I then went to the CCPO office to complain against the policemen. They told me to return the next day. That night Zulifqar, Rashid other policemen came to our home and said they will kill us in an encounter or implicate us in cases if we pursued the complaint,” she said. She requested the court to direct police to register a case against him.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2015.
An additional district and sessions judge sought comments from the Lytton Road SHO on Wednesday after a woman accused him of forcing her son to run a gambling den. Petitioner Zarqa Munir told the court that several policemen, including SHO Asif Zulifqar, were paid Rs100,000 per month by her son, Khawaja Umar, for running a gambling den. “When we refused to continue the gambling business, the SHO and other policemen threatened us. They beat up Umar severely. I then went to the CCPO office to complain against the policemen. They told me to return the next day. That night Zulifqar, Rashid other policemen came to our home and said they will kill us in an encounter or implicate us in cases if we pursued the complaint,” she said. She requested the court to direct police to register a case against him.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2015.