DERA GHAZI KHAN: An alleged death in custody led to an attempt by an angry mob to besiege the Jhoke Utra Police Station on Sunday.

The family of a youth, identified as Ejaz, alleged that he had died of torture in the police station. Along with the relatives and neighbours, they came to the police station in protest against the incident and tried to besiege the building. However, the police foiled the attempt.

The police refuted the allegations, saying that Ejaz did not die in custody. They said Ejaz was drug addict and he had a cardiac arrest while escaping from the police raid on a drug pusher’ s house. Ejaz was present at the house when the police conducted the raid and he tried to escape. As he was running away, he had a heart attack. He fell down and died.

SP Investigation Tahir Mustafa denied the allegations by Ejaz’s family, saying the body of the deceased was already in custody of his family. District Police Officer Atif Nazir said the police were looking into the attempt of besieging of the police station and those responsible would be punished as per law.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2018