KARACHI: Two policemen in plain clothes were beaten up by area residents when they tried to ‘arrest’ a suspect who, before escaping, raised the alarm that he was being kidnapped in a PIB Colony area on Friday, officials said.

They said that Sub-Inspector Kamran and ASI Akhtar of the investigation wing of the Gulistan-i-Jauhar police station had gone to Meena Bazaar in PIB Colony in a private car to arrest suspect Shakeel, who was wanted in a fraud case. Gulshan SP Abid Qaimkhani said that the two policemen intercepted the suspect to get hold of him. However, the suspect started screaming that he was being kidnapped.

A number of people coming out of a mosque after offering Friday prayers heard him shouting and they tried to rescue him.

The area people overpowered the two policemen, who were not in uniform, and beat them up. The SP said that a police team of the PIB police station reached the spot and rescued the two policemen.

“It was improper conduct of the investigation officers as they were in civilian dress and travelling in a private car,” said SP Qaimkhani.

Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2015

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