Category: Custodial torture
Man accuses cops of torture
RAWALPINDI – Police mercilessly tortured a 56-year-old man in Misrial village, within the limits of Police Station Chontra, over the allegation of violating Punjab Sound System Regulation Ordinance 2015, sources informed The Nation on Monday. Police, instead of filing case against the accused, had allegedly demanded bribe from him and forcefully got a written statement […]
Three cops booked for custodial torture
TOBA TEK SINGH: On the orders of the Lahore High Court, Gojra city police registered on Tuesday a case against its ASI and two constables on charges of torturing a citizen. According to the FIR, ASI Muhammad Afzal and two constables arrested Atif Noor of Chak 363-JB in a bogus bank cheque case and allegedly […]
Protest against ‘police torture’ killing
BAHAWALPUR: A large number of people on Tuesday demonstrated against police and blocked a road in Uch Sharif, about 70km from here, to protest the killing of a man allegedly due to police torture. According to police sources, a team raided the house of Fida Muhammad, 45, to arrest his nephew on charges of theft […]
Police ‘unwilling’ to arrest torture accused
MULTAN: Police are reluctant to take action against the accused in a torture case. Talking to Dawn, the family of the victim alleged that police were not arresting the accused due to political pressure. Muzaffarabad police had lodged an FIR on the complaint of Shakir, a resident of Tibba Masoodpur, against Sajid alias Bali and […]
Court orders medical examination of police torture victim
GUJRANWALA: Special Magistrate Noor Muhammad on Wednesday directed medical examination of a man allegedly tortured by Sadar police. Muhammad Akram, a resident of Attawa, in his writ petition stated that Sadar police arrested him without any FIR against him on Oct 1. The petitioner said that he was brutally tortured by the police for 12 […]
