Judicial inquiry ordered into student’s death in custody
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March 16, 2021
PESHAWAR: A judicial inquiry into the death of the grade-7 student in police custody was ordered as the deceased was laid to rest on Monday.
The district and sessions judge, Peshawar deputed a judicial magistrate to conduct the inquiry under Section 176 Criminal Procedure Code into the death of the student Shahzeb in custody at the West Cantonment Police Station. The magistrate was directed to submit the report within two weeks.
Shahzeb, a young student from Warsak Road, Peshawar was laid to rest in his ancestral village on Monday. Hundreds of people attended the funeral prayers. The police said he committed suicide in the lock-up of the West Cantonment Police Station on Sunday, but his father alleged that Shahzeb was tortured to death. Police said he was arrested after a brawl with local shopkeepers in Liaqat Bazaar and pointing gun at them.
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Student dies in Peshawar Police custody
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March 15, 2021
PESHAWAR: In yet another tragic incident, a grade-7 student was found dead in the lock-up of the West Cantonment Police Station on Sunday. This happened a few days after a student from Bannu was shot dead by the cops in the limits of the Faqirabad Police Station.
The staff of the West Cantonment Police Station was suspended after the tragic incident while the concerned cops, including the station house officer, have been arrested and a case lodged against them.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Governor Shah Farman, while taking notice of the incident, directed the Inspector General of Police to conduct an inquiry and submit report on the death of the young student. They expressed anger as to what made the student commit suicide in the lock-up if the police version is true.
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