LAHORE: A Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police sub-inspector was arrested on Tuesday for snatching Rs10,700 from the student of an engineering university late on Saturday.
North Cantonment police on Tuesday registered a robbery case against CIA Sub-Inspector Mushtaq Gujjar and formally arrested him, who was already in CIA police custody.
Police said Gujjar with his two accomplices in civvies stopped late on Saturday (August 27) University of Engineering and Technology student Talha Rahat and his two cousins, who were ridding a motorcycle, in the Cantonment Area.
Soon they handcuffed Talha, thrashed him severely, bundled him into a police van and kept roaming around the city for more than two hours.
They snatched Rs10,700 from Talha and let him go on the intervention of the public. They threatened him of consequences if he reported the matter to police.Talha, however, acted otherwise and soon after being released, he called police Help Line 15.
Police investigation led to the CIA sub-inspector of Cantonment Division.
Deputy Inspector General Dr Haider Ashraf closely followed the case and directed CIA Superintendent of Police Raja Basharat to hold an inquiry into the incident. A source privy to development told Dawn that the inquiry team had found the sub-inspector guilty of thrashing and detaining Talha for two hours and snatching cash from him. The committee recommended strict action against Gujjar and two accomplices, whose names have not been released by police.
The North Cantonment police registered a robbery case against the policeman and his two accomplices.
Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2016
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