BAHAWALPUR, July 25: Local Civil Judge Zaigham Abbas on Thursday ordered the Samasatta police to book a DSP and two inspectors who allegedly implicated a man in a dacoity case and harassed him.

Plaintiff Ashiq Husain submitted before the judge that he was an eyewitness to a murder case in which some of the accused were relatives of Samasatta police inspector Mamoon Rashid. He said the inspector threatened him not to record evidence.

He alleged later a police party, headed by Saddar police SHO Shaikh Hamid, raided his house, tortured women and took away cash, jewellery, a TV set and VCR. He also alleged the policemen had tried to implicate him in the dacoity case.

PARTY TICKETS: PML-QA district President Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal has said the party tickets to the aspirants will be issued on merit by the party’s parliamentary board.

Speaking at a press conference at the ex-PML-N activist Qayyum Azam ‘s residence on Wednesday night, he said the party would award tickets to the aspirants after a scrutiny. He announced that he would contest from NA-187, his native tehsil Yazman. The PPP had yet to nominate its candidate for this seat, he said.