CHINIOT: Schoolteachers have warned of a protest against the district police for not registering a case against five policemen who tortured their colleague and kept him in illegal custody three days back.

Manzar Abbas, a schoolteacher at the Govt High School Rajoa, was travelling on the Quaid-i-Azam Park Road on April 25 when a speeding car driven by a policeman, Mudasar Nazar, knocked him down. On exchange of harsh words with Abbas, Mudasar called five other police cops, including Afrasiab.

The policemen thrashed Abbas up, tore off his clothes before taking him and his motorcycle to the City Police Station. They allegedly kept him in illegal confinement for two hours.

He called the police helpline 1787 and his relatives, Shahid Yaqoob and Akhtar, also reached the police station. On their requests, police let him go while issuing threats to stop him from taking any action against the policemen.

Manzar told the teachers community about his ordeal and the teachers submitted an application with the DSP City for registration of a case against the policemen involved in the incident.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2024