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India-Pakistan
28 Pak cops put behind bars
2006-08-07
ISLAMABAD — In an unprecedented move, 28 officials of Airport Police Station in Rawalpindi were arrested on Saturday on charges of dereliction of duty, but their incharge station house officer (SHO) escaped arrest.

Senior police officials ordered the arrests after a man wanted for murder, kidnapping and robbery escaped from the police station. A case was filed against 38 policemen, but 10 including the SHO Inspector Malik Sher Mohammad are still on the run.

The wanted man, Banaris Khan, was arrested two days ago in a kidnapping for ransom case and was being interrogated by SI Munawar Khan in Rawalpindi Airport Police Station. On Friday night, Khan sought permission to use the toilet. Constable Naveed escorted Khan to the toilet and was supposed to stand guard until Khan came out. The constable got a call on his mobile phone and Khan seized on the opportunity to flee.
The old "sorry, sarge, I gotta call from my girlfriend" ruse.
Azhar Akram, Supervisory Police Officer (SPO) Airport Police Station, lodged an FIR against the cops said he suspected dereliction of duty if not a conspiracy to allow the Banaris Khan to escape. “No effort was made by the police station staff to trace the escapee,” the SPO Azhar Akram said in the FIR.
I'm guessing it wasn't simple dereliction ...
The detained policemen were produced in the court of Civil Judge Malik Imran Shahbaz who sent them to Adiala jail for 24 days and directed the authorities to produce them in the court on August 29, 2006.
Posted by:Steve White

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