Six police officers, including a sub-inspector, are nominated in a criminal case for allegedly torturing & Killing a Christian Man named Amir Masih in Lahore.
Amir Masih worked as a gardener at Lahore’s P.F Colony. The brother of Amir Masih stated that Amir was summoned by Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Zeeshan for inquiry purpose due to some
incident that occurred in the area where Amir use to work. He was then taken to an unknown location,
where he was subjected to torture.
According to the victim's brother, Amir had been called by (SI) Zeeshan
in connivance with a civilian, Rana Mohammad Hanif, who has also been nominated
in the FIR.
Meanwhile,
Amir's family approached the police station after they were told that Zeeshan
had called the deceased, but could not meet the sub-inspector. On September 2, (SI)
Zeeshan and two unidentified officers handed over Amir to his family who was
suffering from serious injuries. He was taken to the Services Hospital, where
he passed away, the FIR stated.
Inspector
General of Police (IGP) Punjab Arif Nawaz Khan took notice of the incident and
ordered that a case be registered against (SI) Zeeshan, Investigation Officer (IO)
Nasir Baig and four other officers and asked for a detailed report to be
submitted within a day.
Police
have arrested (IO) Baig and North Cantt police station's Station House Officer
Khurram Gul, while Zeeshan is still on the run.
IGP
Punjab had expressed his displeasure and released a handout on Monday with
clear instructions to all the field officers that “no officer will be spared if
such crime was reported in any part of the province”.
