TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad CPO Ghulam Mubashar Maiken on Friday suspended former Tandlianwala police SHO Umer Sarfraz from service after an inquiry proved that he was responsible for five days’ delay in registering a highway robbery case which occurred on Sept 17, 2021.

Police spokesperson Syed Muneeb Ahsan told Dawn that a family of Jaranwala was deprived of valuables on Sept 17 night in Tandlianwala city and a woman of the family was gang-raped at an outhouse by the robbers.

Police spokesperson claimed that the family did not complain about the rape and the family head told the investigation officer that there was no truth in it. He said some of the suspects had recently been arrested.

Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2022