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2 Karachi policemen held for taking bribes, extortion money from citizens

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Police take action after a video — showing the two allegedly extorting money from a citizen — surfaces in Karachi. —Reuters/File
Police take action after a video — showing the two allegedly extorting money from a citizen — surfaces in Karachi. —Reuters/File
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Bahadurabad police on Thursday arrested two policemen on charges of receiving bribes and extorting money from citizens during snap checking in Karachi.

According to a police spokesperson, the two cops were arrested after Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon took notice of a video doing rounds on social media. The footage showed the two policemen allegedly taking a bribe from a citizen on Shaheed-i-Millat Road.

On directions of the city police chief, the two policemen were booked on bribery and extortion charges following their arrest.

Memon urged the citizens to lodge complaints on the WhatsApp number 0343-5142770 if they spot policemen riding motorbikes, travelling in police mobiles or on foot indulging in misuse of powers or harassing citizens to extract bribes.

The city police chief warned the police force that if they are found negligent in performing their duty or found misusing their powers, not only departmental action but legal proceedings would also be initiated against them.

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Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field. His reporting portfolio encompasses crime, politics, and the provincial legislature, alongside coverage of the courts, government affairs, and the health sector.

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Bhaijan
Sep 05, 2019 09:03pm
Good job by administration. But this had been going on uninterrupted unabated in continuance, all over Sindh by the politicized police, under patronage of interior ministry, the CM Secretariats, right upto top leadership, said to be heinously involved in horrific premeditated crimes of kidnapping for ransom. An forensic audit be carried out, of all politicized recruits in Sindh, all bads be sorted out. A fresh batch be recruited after thorough background checks, purely on merit.
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Bts
Sep 05, 2019 11:13pm
Corrupt Police are a curse on our society.
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AZAM AKBAR
Sep 06, 2019 12:06am
This is the common character of the police officials in Pakistan. No strange.
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