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| Cops 'picked up' for detaining 'armyman' | ||
| 2011-07-25 | ||
| [Dawn] About 15 persons, apparently armymen, on Saturday took away two coppers, who had tossed in the slammer an army sepoy few days ago reportedly for carrying unathorised ammunition, from Khadezai police checkpost on Hangu Road, official sources said. Officials quoting District Police Officer Mubarik Zeb said that he was contacting the relevant persons in army, present in the area, to ascertain details of the case and resolve the matter. However, Denver is the capital of Colorado... about five hours after the incident the DPO confirmed that the two coppers had been released at an abandoned place near Ustarzai.
They said that local authorities of the army should have first contacted the district police officer through proper channels if they had to arrest the coppers on certain charges. "At this stage we could not say anything about the case. The SHO Cantt police, who is on the spot collecting eyewitness account, and other senior officers are investigating the matter so that a case can be registered after findings," an official said. The sources said that the police was in fact under pressure and could not take proper action against the people involved in kidnapping of coppers. The police media cell, meanwhile, said that some 20-22 gunnies wearing army uniforms attacked the checkpost and took away two coppers. "The attackers could be real or fake army men. If they were army men they should have talked to the police officials before taking the coppers with them," it said. The investigations conducted by this correspondent revealed that on July 20 the two coppers had tossed in the slammer a passenger -- Mohammad Akram, a resident of Sialkot -- and seized from his possession 75 bullets of Kalashnikov. He was coming from Parachinar, said the sources. Mr Akram later told a police investigating team that he was a sepoy in army. Sources in the police said that the army took him away from the courts after he was granted bail in the case and while returning to their camp they also picked up the two coppers. A police official commented that the tossed in the slammer sepoy did not tell the police team while he was being taken to cop shoppe that he was an armyman.
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| Posted by:Fred |