SHO suspended for “death in custody”

RAWALPINDI:

The authorities have also suspended Gujar Khan Station House Officer (SHO) Malik Kashif following the death of a citizen in police custody. An investigation into the death is currently underway.

Zeeshan of Jhanda Chichi, who was in the custody of Qazian police check post, had died under mysterious circumstances.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Zeeshan was taken into custody by the Civil Lines police and then handed over to the officials of Qazian police check post, but he died within hours after his condition deteriorated at the check post.

Police Officer Khalid Hamdani first removed Civil Lines SHO Inspector Sikandar Nawaz Joya from his post and suspended SI Ishaq, ASI Liaquat Ali and Constables Abid and Abdullah. The CPO also suspended Qazian Check Post Inspectors ASI Saqib Shiraz, ASI Sajid Saqlain and Constables Hasnain and Babar Ali. A case has also been filed against all of them.

After the grave of the deceased was exhumed, a post-mortem was conducted and the investigation is still ongoing. The Gujar Khan SHO, the complainant in the case against the police officers, has also been suspended and barred from working in the police force.

A senior official, requesting anonymity, said the Gujar Khan SHO had been suspended in the same case.