Fourteen-member Chinese team including engineers and technicians has stopped all development work in protest as one of its members got slapped by local police constable Aejaz in Karachi.
The Chinese team arrived Pakistan over scheduled development project for installation and testing of imported locomotives recently bought by Pakistan Railways.
The embarrassing incident reportedly took place at Pakistan Railways’ Diesel Workshop situated in the metropolitan city of Pakistan.
The foreign team went on strike over the misconduct of police official deployed for their security by the local police department.
According to reports, the police constable Aejaz has been arrested by the security department and sent behind bars in the local police station.
Deputy DS Mehfooz Ali told media that the sorrowful incident took place while foreign team was working on Chinese locomotives in Karachi.
Railway SSP Robin Yameen said that the police official is under custody of law enforcement agency and a case has also been registered over his misconduct. He said that strict action would be taken against police official who slapped a Chinese engineer on field.
He added that eight security officials were deployed for the Chinese teams including engineers and technicians until they completed their ongoing project in Pakistan.
On the contrary, the constable who slapped a Chinese engineer at Cantt. Railway Station, said that he was under the influence of black magic.
The constable, Ejaz, was arrested immediately after he smacked the Chinese engineer at a workshop of Cantonment Railway Station.
The constable was infuriated after he was asked by the visiting engineer to leave the workshop.
Arif Mishwani, a railway staffer, said that constable was to hit the engineer with a hammer, but he was overpowered by fellow personnel.