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| August 30, 2005 | Tuesday | Rajab 24, 1426 |
Woman’s death: family seeks justice: Appeal for CJ’s action
PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Family members of a woman, who died at a hospital here allegedly after police torture, have requested the Peshawar High Court’s chief justice to take suo motu notice of police high handedness.
The family members of Ms Nazo claimed that they had been under pressure from the officials of Banamari police station to withdraw the complaint which they had filed with police.
The deceased has left behind three daughters who are being looked after by their maternal uncle and grandmother.
Ms Nazo was in advanced stage of pregnancy when officials of Banamari police stations raided her residence last month to arrest her husband in a theft case.
Her mother, Bismillah Jana, alleged that her daughter tried to resist the arrest of her husband, Alam Khan, as he was innocent and was falsely implicated in the case by their neighbours who happened to be carriers of smuggled goods.
She told reporters at her residence in Jawedabad that police officials beat up Ms Nazo and she had to be taken to hospital. “My daughter suffered a miscarriage and her condition further deteriorated as she also lost her eyesight,” Ms Jana said and added: “Her kidneys stopped functioning and she died on Aug 17.”
Before her death, the family members had filed a complaint on Aug 11 with the provincial police officer and the DIG who had ordered an inquiry which was in progress.
The complaint was filed by Alam Khan, who has been in the Peshawar central prison since his arrest. He has requested that an FIR should be registered against Inspector Siddique Khan, the investigation officer of Banamari police station, under section 302 of Pakistan Penal Code for the loss of his child.
Brother of the deceased woman, Bukht Mohammad, said that an FIR was registered at the Banamari police station on June 25, by their neighbours regarding theft of some jewellery and cash from their residence. He said that about a month after the FIR, the police raided their residence for arresting Alam Khan.
“When my sister resisted his arrest she was pushed by the police and when she fell they started kicking her,” he said.
He alleged that their neighbours were hand in gloves with the police and they were being pressurized to withdraw the complaint against Inspector Siddique Khan. “We have also been forced to vacate our residence,” he claimed.
He said that neither the stolen things were recovered from them nor his brother-in-law had confessed anything despite police torture. He said that he himself worked in an auto spare-parts shop, whereas Alam Khan was a tailor.
The family members said that they had been advised by some lawyers to approach the high court’s chief justice. Therefore, they decided to request him to provide them justice and order registration of an FIR against the inspector.
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