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In-depth: For decades, the state has used illegal abductions to quell calls for autonomy in Pakistan's marginalised peripheries. The repressive tactic has seen a revival in the wake of renewed political instability.
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.