Torture of widow, family: 12 policemen booked

OKARA: The Okara Saddar police after a four-month delay registered a case against 12 police officials, including the then station house officer (SHO) of City B Division police station, on the directions of the Lahore High Court.

Some four months back, then SHO Sibghatullah, ASI Shan Bhatti and 10 unidentified policemen of the City B Division police had broken into the house of a widow, Zainab Bibi, at Chak 49/2-L and disgraced her minor girls. Later, they rushed to the village graveyard where Zainab and her mother-in-law had gone to offer prayers at the grave of Nazeer Husain, the husband of the complainant.

According to the first information report (FIR), the police, at the behest of one Inayatullah, a relative of Zainab, tortured, disgraced and pushed the complainant and her mother-in-law into the police van where complainant’s brother-in-law Tariq was already present with injuries.

The police did not register a case and the complainant had filed a writ petition for the registration of case.

The Saddar police registered the case on the orders of the Lahore High court.

APS: Various functions were held to pay a homage to the martyrs of the Army Public School (APS), Peshawar.

A function was held at Tayyab Saeed Shaheed Police Lines where the schoolchildren from the DPS&C, Cadet College and Govt Girls High School participated.

Chief guests Brig Shazul Haq, MNA Chaudhry Riazul Haq Juj and District Police Officer Faisal Rana spoke to the participants.

Other functions were held at Cadet College on the Okara-Faisalabad road, emergency building in the District Complex and Special Children School.

In all the functions, the speakers, participants and schoolchildren pledged to stand with the martyrs of the nation and continue the struggle for better future while fighting against terrorism.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2015