30 January 2005	Sunday	19 Zilhaj 1425

TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 29: A local court on Saturday ordered registration of a case under the new police order against the Arrouti SHO, an ASI and two constables for torturing a school teacher.

Shah Nawaz pleaded before court that he was present in his village 747-GB on Friday night when the policemen came there during patrol duty.

He said the policemen drew out Rs1,400 from the pocket of his cousin Khalid Mustafa during the body search. He said the policemen returned only Rs900 when Mustafa demanded back his money.

He further said that on the request of his cousin he asked SHO Abdul Majeed to return the whole amount. At this, he said the SHO, ASI Bashir Ahmed and constables Bahadur Ali and Muhammad Arshad thrashed him severely in the main village intersection.

Later, he said they took him to the police station where they beat him up again and registered a fake case against him.

However, the police released him on the intervention of the elite of the area.

The judge ordered the DHQ Hospital MS for his medical examination which confirmed about 15 torture marks on his body.

SNATCHED: Armed robbers snatched away a mini truck laden with cotton yarn worth over Rs1 million near Nawan Lahore in Gojra area on Friday night.