KARACHI, April 28: A gardener and his nephew were badly beaten up at the house of an SSP last Tuesday in Defence. The gardener was deprived of his cellphone and his nephew was kept under illegal confinement at the same house, claimed gardener Mohammad Sharif, whose medico-legal report shows positive findings of multiple injuries.

“Sharif has suffered multiple injuries at his back and head inflicted by blunt weapons,” said a medico-legal officer of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Narrating his ordeal before the medico legal officer, Sharif said that he brought his nephew Ramzan, 15, to work along with him at the bungalow of ‘SSP sahib’. For the last few months, Ramzan wanted to leave the job, he said, adding that a few days back, Ramzan after collecting his salary stopped coming to the bungalow.

“SSP sahib called me and said that since you had brought him for the job, it is your responsibility to bring him back,” Sharif said adding that they detained his son Mohammad Danish in the servant quarters of the bungalow to ensure that he should return.

When Sharif returned to the bungalow after failing to find Ramzan on last Tuesday, the brother-in-laws of SSP sahib started beating him. “I told them that Ramzan’s maternal uncle lives at Sohrab Goth and he must be aware of Ramzan’s whereabouts. Subsequently, I went to Shorab Goth along with the policemen of SSP sahib, took his uncle along and finally located Ramzan working at another bungalow in Defence,” Mohammad Sharif said.

When both Sharif and Ramzan were taken to the SSP residence, Ramzan was accused of over charging Rs1,000 of his actual salary. After getting fed up, Sharif asked SSP sahib to take back the salary and spare them. “On this, the brother-in-laws and policemen of the SSP started beating us with belts and sticks. After several hours of beating, I was deprived of my mobile phone and pushed out of the house,” Sharif claimed.

He further said that they also deprived Ramzan of his cellphone and forcefully kept him at the bungalow. The policemen were told to use the two mobile phones by throwing away the SIMs, he said.

Mohammad Sharif said that he also worked at a school in Defence, where his employer referred him to the Ciztizen-Police Liaison Committee. Subsequently, the CPLC officials listened to his ordeal and issued a letter that facilitated his medical examination at JPMC.

However, despite repeated attempts, SSP Kamran Fazal could be contacted for his version.