ISLAMABAD: Officials of Dolphin Squad of capital were booked on charges of harassing a family, police said on Saturday.

The case was registered in response to a directive issued by SSP Islamabad, as earlier the Noon police had refused to register the case, despite the fact that the incident took place in its jurisdiction.

Malik Amir Ali, 52, a resident of I-14, came to a park along with his family, the police said, adding that the police official intercepted him when he was giving some driving tips to his daughter-in-law who was sitting in the driving seat and asked them to produce their identification.

In response he told the policeman that the woman sitting in the driving seat is his daughter-in-law, and the others are his daughters. He further told the police that he along with his family came to the park to spend some time .

However, the official of Dolphin Squad threatened the family and told them that he would take him to the police station, the police said, adding that the Dolphin Squadstaff also used foul language while talking to them and said that he came to the park along with the woman on date.

The man also informed him that his son is also a police official, but the officials of the Dolphin Squad were not ready to listen to him. Later, the man lodged a complaint against the officials of the Dolphin Squad but no action was taken against them, the police said, adding that later he lodged a complaint in the office of SSP Islamabad.

The SSP directed the Noon police to register a case and the case was registered against the officials under section 355 of PPC and Section 155 of Police Order 2002, they added.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2024