5 cops suspended for torturing female suspects
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February 4, 2021
MINGORA: Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Dilawar Khan Bangash on Wednesday suspended five police officials, including station house officer (SHO) of the Saidu Sharif Police Station, on charges of assaulting and publically torturing three women who had been accused of theft. The DPO took action agains cops after a video went viral on social media in which policemen were seen thrashing and misbehaving with the three women suspects from whom police had allegedly recovered 19 tolas stolen gold and the cash amount of Rs100,000.
The DPO said nobody would be allowed to take the law into their own hands, adding torture on arrested people in police custody would not be allowed and a strict action taken against officials involved in such illegal and unlawful activities.
Five KP cops suspended for torturing women suspects
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February 4, 2021
MINGORA: Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Dilawar Khan Bangash on Wednesday suspended five police officials, including station house officer (SHO) of the Saidu Sharif Police Station, on charges of assaulting and publically torturing three women who had been accused of theft.
The DPO took action against cops after a video went viral on social media in which policemen were seen thrashing and misbehaving with the three women suspects from whom police had allegedly recovered 19 tolas stolen gold and the cash amount of Rs100,000.
The DPO said nobody would be allowed to take the law into their own hands, adding torture on arrested people in police custody would not be allowed and a strict action taken against officials involved in such illegal and unlawful activities.