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Road blocked over youth's killing in 'encounter'
[DAWN] PESHAWAR: Local residents on Tuesday blocked Kohat Road for over two and a half hours in protest against the death of a youngster in an alleged police encounter in the quiet provincial capital.Qaisar Shah of Ghari Saydan locality on Kohat Road was killed in the alleged encounter late on Monday. The police claim the youngster died in exchange of fire while trying to escape and that he was asked to stop at police checkpoints. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... locals deny the charge asserting the police potted Qaisar in cold blood. They said Qaisar Shah slowly hemorrhaged to death as the police took around two hours to take him to the hospital. On Tuesday, family members of Qaisar along with area residents placed the body on Kohat Road to protest what they called the 'murder'. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... they dispersed after police officials led by SP Rural Circle Shakir Bangash assured them of free and fair investigation into the alleged encounter. Local elders later met Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. SSP (operations) Dr Mian Saeed, who assured them that the police would hold a fair investigation into the circumstances, which led to the killing of Qaisar, and punish the suspects if found guilty. PML-N councillor Rehamdil Nawaz claimed the police had killed Qaisar in cold blood. According to him, after being shot by the police, Qaisar had contacted his family and apprised them of his bullet injuries. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... the family road blocked over youth's killing in 'encounter' received his body at the Lady Reading Hospital."The body had several bullet marks. The coppers put the injured boy in a mobile van before killing him by firing several bullets in his body," he claimed. The councillor said the police took over two hours to take the injured to the hospital. He said the dear departed was a third-year student and also ran a spare parts shop on Kohat Road. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-16 |
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