Four policemen, including the Gizri Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Suhail Ahmed, were tortured by the security guards of an influential political leader’s relatives in Defence area on Tuesday.
According to sources, a police team was attacked and tortured when it arrived in Gizri after getting the information of a clash between two rival groups. The cops, after reaching the area, tried to take the culprits to the police station but instead of proceeding with them, they tortured the policemen, including SHO Suhail.
The injured SHO and policemen, including Farid, Dilawar and Muhammad Aslam, were shifted to a local hospital to undergo medical treatment.
Later, superintendent of police issued a statement saying that the guards of Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and Captain (r) Shehryar Durrani have been arrested for assaulting the policemen.