MURREE, May 3: A newsman was shifted to the Tehsil headquarters hospital after being severely beaten up by police on Friday.

Aurangzeb Abbasi, a reporter of an Urdu daily, was tortured by the Murree police when he came here in connection with a case.

The case was registered against several people, including the reporter, who had protested against imposition of toll tax in 1998.

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist Vice-President C.R. Shamsi also condemned the police torture on the journalist and asked the government to initiate an inquiry into the incident.

#APP ADDS:# Rawalpindi District Nazim on Friday ordered the senior superintendent of police to suspend two assistant sub-inspectors for misbehaving with the journalist, says a press release.