VEHARI: Three station house officers (SHOs) and an investigation officer were booked for killing a man in custody at Tibba Sultanpur police here on Friday.
District Police Officer (DPO) Ameer Abdullah Niazi suspended the four police officials from service in the murder case of Riaz Baloch who was in police custody in a dacoity case.
The suspended officials are Adnan Jamil (Tibba Sultanpur SHO), Arfan Ashraf (Meeranpur SHO), Farooq Ramzan (Karampur SHO) and Muhammad Younas (investigation officer).
Haq Nawaz, Tibba Sultanpur SHO, is complainant in the case.
The case was registered against them under sections 322 and 342 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 155 Police Order of 2002.
He said during the interrogation, the police officials did not provide first aid or any treatment when the condition of the suspect became serious.
He died before any first aid or treatment in police custody. The four police officials have yet to be arrested.
Earlier, the police claimed the accused died due to a heart attack.
SHO Haq Nawaz said the accused was injured when the police arrested him two days back. However, he admitted that during investigation police officials did not take him to the hospital.
Published in Dawn, June 26th, 2021
