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| India-Pakistan |
| Pak swabbies thump local coppers... |
| 2002-08-18 |
| More details of a naval team's Thursday night attack on the Faqirwali police station surfaced on Saturday. According to sources, the sailors kept the police station under their control for several hours. During their 'sojourn' they also seized the police wireless system besides disconnecting the telephone. One of the sailors, identified as Bashir, beat detained villagers Naseer and Imran and their paternal uncle Saleem with fists and kicks. Another official thrashed Shafique. Cheese! That's pretty drastic! Why'd they do that? The navy men had taken the action in retaliation. Some villagers had beaten a navy team on a dispute of water turn. Musta thought they were infidels or something... On the report of a senior Navy official, the Faqirwali police arrested 36 villagers. On Thursday night, Navymen from Bahawalpur reached Faqirwali and sought custody of arrested villagers. When the SHO concerned turned down their demand, they allegedly thrashed policemen present there besides the villagers. Well, that makes sense. As good Muslims, they needed their revenge. When the coppers stood in their way, what else could they do but thrash them and trash their offices? As local newsmen learnt about the attack on Friday, some officials of the district administration tried to persuade them not to file the story. That's because nobody really wants to look stupid. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |