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| Clan gets their man out "from police custody by force" |
| 2004-09-14 |
| Relatives and accomplices of a drug trafficker beat up a raiding police party and got him freed from their custody late Sunday night in Ranjhai village, Daska tehsil. The Daska Sadar police team led by ASI Tariq Mehmood raided the hideout and arrested red-handed drug pusher Rana Muhammad Waris while selling narcotics. Police also recovered a big quantity of hashish from him. In the meanwhile, over 15 relatives and accomplices of the accused, including women, gathered there and got him freed and also thrashed the policemen. They also ripped to shreds the uniform of ASI Tariq Mehmood, snatched a mobile phone and Rs750 in cash from him and fled. On the report of ASI, the Sadar police have registered a case against Rana Waris and his three brothers Rana Ashiq, Rana Abdul Ghani, Rana Sadiq and 12 unknown accused, including women. I am surpsired, how do the Pakistani Police claim to be fighting terror they cannot even keep a common thug in |
| Posted by:Fawad |