BAHAWALPUR: Residents of Chak187/EB have accused plainclothes Crime Control Department (CCD) officials of illegally entering two homes and torturing women and children, and taking away a girl in a civilian vehicle during a raid to arrest a suspect.

According to details, the residents claimed that plainclothes personnel, without any lady police constable, entered two houses, maltreated women and children, and when the suspect they were looking for was not found, they allegedly took a girl along with them. The villagers called the police emergency helpline 15 and said that the local police denied any prior information of the CCD raid.

When contacted, Vehari Police spokesperson confirmed that a Burewala CCD team conducted a raid on a house in Chak 187/EB to arrest a wanted suspect named Bilal, who was nominated in a burglary case at Gaggo Mandi police station. He, however, denied the allegation that the team had taken any girl with them.

TORTURE: The Vehari Sahooka police booked three persons for allegedly torturing a dancing boy in Chak 215/EB in the limits of Gaggo Mandi police station.

According to the FIR, Yousaf and Raza along with an accomplice allegedly tortured Shan Tariq and threatened to kill him on the pretext that he had teased girls in a mela. A video of the incident also made rounds on social media.

Police spokesperson said that an FIR had been registered against the suspects and police were tracking the suspects to arrest them.

Published in Dawn, October 19th, 2026