LODHRAN: There seems to be no relief in cases of police torture in the province, as another police officer took action Friday after a video went viral and showed him torturing a man in the area of Jalla Arain police station.
A video went viral on social media, showing Assistant Assistant Inspector (ASI) Mukhtiar Masood of the Jalla Arain Police Station torturing a man, identified as Jawan Mard, against whom a complaint was registered at the police station. Jawan was being tortured at the author's house in the presence of a large number of people.
According to a source, ASI Mukhtiar had arrested Jawan and taken him to the plaintiff's house where local people had also met.
When ASI Mukhtiar started hitting Jawan Mard with a stick, some of the people present tried to stop him.
ASI arrested for torturing a man in the plaintiff's house
You see a man who tells ASI: "Don't torture him here. The boys are making videos. You can do (with him) whatever you want at the police station, but don't hit him here."
Lodhran District Police Officer Malik Jameel Zafar arrived at the Jalla Arain Police Station and took action against ASI Mukhtiar. He filed a first information report (FIR) against Mukhtiar and arrested him.
After taking action, the DPO said Dawn A FIR had been registered against Mukhtiar under the Police Order and he had been arrested. "Although the incident took place more than two months ago, I now know and took quick action against him (ASI)."
DPO Zafar said that no one, including a police officer, was above the law and that anyone who has committed a crime will face actions.
An investigation was also initiated into the incident under the investigations of Lodhran SP Syed Abbas.
Posted on Dawn, September 14, 2019
Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1505039/another-torture-case-surfaces-this-time-in-lodhran