Category: Custodial killing
Autopsy confirms no torture marks
LAHORE There were no torture marks on the body of a 28-year-old man, who was allegedly killed in Gowalmandi police custody, says an initial autopsy report. Shahzad, a shopkeeper, died mysteriously in the police custody on Wednesday. Family and traders of the market staged a protest against the police and alleged that the youth died […]
Shopkeeper dies of ‘torture’ in custody
LAHORE: Scores of people demonstrated on Nisbet Road to protest the death of a young shopkeeper allegedly in custody of the Gowalmandi police here on Wednesday. The traders and family members placed the body of the youth on the road and demanded immediate arrest of police officials responsible for the death. They alleged the policemen […]
SIC leader ‘tortured to death’ in Rangers custody
KARACHI – Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) provincial leader Tariq Mehboob was allegedly tortured to death while he was in a 90-day detention at Rangers’ cell in Central Jail, Karachi. According to details, Tariq Mehboob was arrested along with his five family and party members from his residence located at Block-16, Federal B Area, during a […]
Relatives protest as man dies in Hangu police custody
HANGU: The angry relatives staged protest after an elderly man died in the custody of the police. Talking to reporters, Basit Khan, Ahmad Ayaz and Irshad alleged that the cops, headed by Doaba Police Station’s House Officer Amirullah Khan, raided the house of 70-year old Gul Ayaz in Naryab village and arrested him. “My father […]
Cop held for involvement in kidnapping, killing
LAHORE CIA City Kotwali police arrested an ASI who was involved in the kidnapping-cum-killing of an 18-year-old boy in the Lohari Gate police limits one year back. A case was registered on the complaint of one Muhammad Saleem, on February 28, 2014 following the kidnapping of his son named Muhammad Arsalan. One of the three […]
Six policemen booked for ‘custodial death’
KASUR: Pattoki police on Thursday registered a case against a sub-inspector, an assistant sub-inspector and four constables after a suspected robber died of a ‘cardiac arrest’ during investigation at the police station. On Tuesday night, Pattoki police arrested suspected robber Muhammad Amin of Chak 69 and registered a case against him under Section 392 of […]
