Two SHOs dismissed for torturing, stripping man
Peshawar
December 29, 2020
PESHAWAR: Two station house officers (SHOs) of the provincial capital and a couple of other cops were dismissed from service on Monday in the Amir Tehkaley humiliation case.
Besides, another SHO and one moharrar were dismissed by the authorities for misuse of case property vehicle. The car was later allegedly used by another cop for smuggling drugs.
An official confirmed that the former SHO of Tehkal Police Station, Shehryar Ahmad, ex-SHO Yakatoot Police Station, Imranuddin, and two constables Tauseef and Naeem had been dismissed from service in the humiliation case of Amir, who belonged to Tehkal village in Peshawar.
A video showing the stripping of Radiullah alias Amir Tehkalay on the Tehkal police station premises in Peshawar had caused a social media uproar in June this year. AFP/File
PESHAWAR: The police department has terminated the services of its four officials, including two station house officers, on the recommendation of a judicial commission’s probe into the stripping and torture of an Afghan national in custody.
A video showing the stripping of Radiullah alias Amir Tehkalay on the Tehkal police station premises in Peshawar had caused a social media uproar in June this year.
The provincial government had formed a one-member judicial commission to investigate the incident.