TAXILA: The Pinigheab police on Tuesday arrested a member of the Prime Minister’s Corona Relief Tiger Force for taking money from shopkeepers for their violation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Police identified him as Mohammad Sadeeq, a resident of Meera Shareef.

Police said the man visited the main bazaar and harassed shopkeepers for their alleged violation of SOPs and demanded money for not reporting the cases.

Later, shopkeepers beat him up and handed him over to the police for legal action.

The police have registered a case against the suspect .

Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2020

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