ISLAMABAD: A complaint was lodged in the capital regarding an individual who threatened a polio vaccination team in one of the city’s residential sectors.

The individual was arrested by the Karachi Company police and sent to jail.

The suspect, a Quetta native who owns a shop in Jinnah Super Market, told the police that a woman was not a part of the polio vaccination team, and the team members did not provide proof that they were government officials, leading him to believe they were thieves.

The complainant, Yasir Maqbool, told the police he went with the polio vaccination team to a house in G-9/1, and one of the residents threatened them and tried to run them over.

Investigating officer Daud Sabir told Dawn the police arrested the suspect immediately after receiving the complaint.

“However the suspect claimed he was from Quetta, where men don’t enter others homes, and because there was no woman in the team, which added to the confusion,” he said.

“The women in the house called the accused, who rushed over and after that the episode ensued,” he added.

“The family could not read the team’s cards but there were children in the house, and it was not right for them to stop the from doing their job,” he said.

Mr Sabir said investigation confirmed that there was no woman with the polio team. “However, the team members claimed the female member was with another team in the same area,” he added.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2016