Category: Illegal detention
Two policemen held over illegal detention of student
KARACHI: Two policemen were arrested on Sunday for keeping a young student in illegal confinement and later releasing him after taking a bribe. SSP-City Fida Hussain Janwari said that five policemen of the Kharadar police station had detained Sohail Hussain, who is studying in the United Kingdom, in Pan Mandi on Saturday night. He said […]
Police ordered to recover minor from ‘illegal custody’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Thursday directed the police concerned to recover minor daughter of a Malaysian woman from ‘illegal’ custody of her paternal grandmother in Faisalabad. Justice Farrukh Gulzar Awan directed the DSP Nishatabad to produce the girl and the grandmother on Aug 10. Malaysian woman has moved the Lahore High Court for recovery of […]
Police custody leaves deep wounds on man
LAHORE: On July 30, Kot Lakhpat police picked up Rasheed, 50, of Javed Colony. After three days, when police released him saying that he was captured mistakenly, Rasheed, a roadside vendor, had a bruised, tortured, swelled body, and horrible tale about police torture. A medical report confirmed on Monday the middle-aged man was severely tortured. […]
Man freed from illegal confinement
SUKKUR: A raid commissioner conducted raid on the Ghouspur police station on Wednesday and got a man freed from illegal confinement. The district and sessions court of Kashmore-Kandhkot appointed Naveed Akhtar Awan as raid commissioner after receiving an application from Abdul Khaliq Ogahi, complaining that police had kept in illegal detention his nephew Rehmatullah Ogahi […]
SHC issues notices on plea against detention of citizens by LEAs
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notice to provincial home secretary, Sindh police chief, director general of Rangers and other respondents to file comments on several petitions against detention of citizens by the law enforcers. Petitioner Shabana Naeem, wife of a detainee, submitted that her spouse Muhammad Naeem was whisked away by the […]
SHO suspended over ‘illegal detention’ of youth
KARACHI: The Landhi police SHO and five other policemen were suspended and booked on charges of illegally confining a young man following a protest by relatives and neighbours, officials said on Friday. Mohammed Faisal was allegedly detained by the Landhi police two days back and his whereabouts had since been not known. On Thursday night, […]
