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| Torture footage episode: Police delayed filing of case despite having victim in custody |
| 2018-04-11 |
| [DAWN] FAISALABAD: Despite being in full knowledge of the incident in which a man was kidnapped, tortured and the video of the episode uploaded on social media, Jhang Bazaar police did not act against the influential suspects till some news channels aired the news, official documents reveal. When some news channels aired the footage of torture of Kashan on Sunday, police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against Rana Ikhlaq, Ahmed Kuka, Umer Hayyat, Shahzeb, Ahsan, Rana Chand, Osama Ali, and Hamza on charges of allegedly kidnapping the victim, subjecting him to torture and humiliation and uploading the footage of the act on social media. The case was registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother Surayya Bibi. An official document shows that the victim’s medical examination was got conducted by police on March 30. The document (available with Dawn) reads that Khan Mohammad of Afghanabad had brought Kashan to the Jhang Bazaar cop shoppe and claimed he had a scuffle with Attaullah of Liaqatabad and Usman Ghani of Chak 279-RB and their accomplices. The outhouse where Kashan was allegedly detained and tortured after kidnapping is situated in Afghanabad and two main suspects also belonged to the area. It reads Assistant sub-inspector of Jhang Bazaar police, Mohammad Imran, had taken Kashan to the hospital for his medical examination and that the victim had torture marks on his head, left eye and bruises on elbows. After receiving the medical report, the document reads that Kashan reserved a right for taking legal action against the persons who injured him. It also reads that after examination of the record it had come to surface that Kashan was booked in a cheque dishonour case (287/18) registered on March 26. The SP concerned said Jhang Bazaar police had got the medical examination of Kashan conducted, but it did not register a case as no complainant was available. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... on Monday all the suspects were produced before Judicial Magistrate Taseer Imran who gave them in physical custody of Jhang Bazaar police for three days. |
| Posted by:Fred |