Editor
HARIPUR:
After Peshawar, a case of police excesses has emerged from Haripur the place a senior police officer allegedly beat up a clerk at a filling station for refusing service to his son.
A report submitted to the district police officer’s (DPO0 workplace said that extra SHO SI Muhammad Nawaz’s son had gone to a filling station within the Batrassi space of Haripur to get gas for his bike. Because he was not sporting a face masks nor a helmet, the clerk on obligation refused to offer him with service as per a marketing campaign being run by the district police.
At this, extra SHO Nawaz and his driver arrived on the gas station the place they beat up the employees. Nawaz’s driver additionally allegedly snatched money from the cashier’s pocket after which fled.
The proprietor of the filling station and employees subsequently approached the DPO and urged him to intervene. The DPO took discover of the incident and suspended Nawaz and launched an inquiry.
The report additional confirmed that the extra SHO had been beforehand discovered responsible of framing a person in a faux case and allegedly took a bribe to set the case apart.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 27th, 2020.
