Police beat The Express Tribune reporter
Journalists organisations have expressed outrage over the incident and strongly condemned the police brutalit
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KARACHI:
A Bilal Colony police officer assaulted and berated senior Express Tribune reporter Ehtesham Mufti. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice of the incident and demanded a detailed report from the Sindh IG.
Journalists organisations have expressed outrage over the incident and strongly condemned the police brutality against a senior journalist. The Karachi police chief also took notice of the incident after which SSP Central reached Bilal Colony police station and suspended responsible ASI Dil Nawaz and appointed SP New Karachi as the inquiry officer.
پولیس افسر کا ایکسپریس نیوز کے رپورٹر احتشام مفتی پر تشدد
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Five including former cop injured in firing incidents
July 27, 2021
Five people, including a retired policeman, were wounded in incidents of firing in the city on Monday.
A 60-year-old man, Sharafat Ali, son of Shahjahan, was wounded in Orangi Town. He was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. SHO Muhammad Riaz said the injured person was a retired policeman and resident of Ittehad Town. He added that Ali was on his way to his in-laws after withdrawing cash from a private bank’s branch in Orangi Town when muggers shot and injured him for offering resistance during cash snatching.
The suspects also took his weapon with them. The SHO said police were trying to trace the suspects with the help of CCTV footage. Similarly, a young man, Raheel, 24, son of Abdur Razzak, was shot and injured in a firing incident in New Karachi within the limits of the Bilal Colony police station. He was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police said the youth was shot when he put up resistance during a m