Another case of power abuse and police brutality surfaced the scene on Friday as Shadmaan Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Rana Zulfiqar was held for inquiry on charges of harassing and beating staff members of the Nairang Art Gallery, including a young female curator.
The newly transferred SHO raided the art gallery-cum-café on August 2. During the raid, he allegedly assaulted the staff members and bruised the young female curator of the gallery. Eyewitnesses claimed that the SHO at first picked on customers and then administered a beating on the female curator and staff members intervening to rescue her. The incident took place a day before Ramadan when the SHO was heading back to Shadman Police Station located on Jail Road. Eyewitnesses said the SHO was stopped as a young lady trying to park her car in front of the art gallery, took a little long.
The delay infuriated the SHO and he marched into the gallery with his staff members. Inside the café, he started questioning a young couple having lunch. As the couple told him they were married and the husband was an advocate, the SHO backed off. He then asked the maintenance manager to call the gallery in-charge, a female curator. On meeting the curator, the SHO noted down her name and address. When the young lady questioned the SHO on taking down her personal details, the SHO first criticised her appearance and then hit her. As the curator tripped down, two of the gallery staff came forward for her rescue but were also thrashed by the SHO.
The curator was traumatised by the incident and refused to talk to anyone or resume her job. Later, the gallery owner’s son came and pacified the policemen, requesting him to meet the gallery owner. “At first the SHO said he would wait for my father to arrive, but after a few minutes he just stood up and left the gallery,” said the owner’s son. “I insisted him to stay which again made him angry and he said ‘Im not your fathers servant’ and shoved me into his car,” he added. Meanwhile, the gallery owner reached the scene and got his son released from the police.
All top cops including the chief city police officer, Model Town Police superintendent and deputy superintendent police (investigation) Ichchra refused to comment on the incident.
I'm sure if we dig dipper into other matters surrounding the SHO, we WILL and i repeat WE WILL find more evidence of police brutality. Such Cops does not deserve a police uniform as they are far far away from being able to perform the duties that come with it. I'm sorry for the lady and hope SHO gets what he deserves. Your doing a great job Ali .keep it up bro!
made few mistakes in the comments proly because i was so pissed at him and want to beat him now !
boo, fugly police officer.
law enforcers acting this way is shameful.
good work on the reporting as usual.
Wish I could kill SHO on the spot! :@ :@ :@
Then, my brother or sister, there is no difference between you and the SHO.
Sounds like that he was drunk
they illiterate men! how they can be on the job of the security of Nation and no respect for Woman.
Illitracy, ignorance put together with power destroys all security. The press must keep reporting to educate the public of police brutality and injustice it imposes on innocent people.
all three are looking big fools, i like nonsense people they infact awake he mind
They should be punished for misuse of their authorities .Punjab Police is cruel and rode and we have seen several cases against them which highlighted by Media .
Our Police force is just a bunch of bastards ..
The SHO was so calm and content after doing such a thing that it disgust-full!
WELL DONE SHO THE GALLERY OWNERS SON DESERVES WORSE HE WALKS DRUNK ALWAYS! HAHAHA BEING DRUNK IN PUBLIC IS UNLAWFUL
I just hope the arrogant fool of a policeman….gets dismissed …He obviouly did not know ..the importance of the Gallary in Pakistan and the patrons and owners…The patrons and respected owner need to use their influence to rid the city of this arrogant…dog of hellfire.
no dig deeper into the matter i am sure Nairang is a place where illegal activities like alcohol, prostitution goes on as the galley owners son is renowned himself for harassment and being drunk always,the SHO might have seen both of them in some act and caught and Nairang is trying to cover it up.
stop being a judgemental cunt. i want to drench you with vodka and light a match on you. PEACE.
if u know so much u can act as being a supporter of the police man…i feel for you…its people like you that have destroyed our country…i hope someone does the same to your daughter and sister and then we`ll see how u feel about it…caught them both in the act???…hahahah your disgusting…an innoecent girl was thrashed and u call that justified..its pathetic that the likes of you walk around freely saying bullshit about whatever you please where as when it comes upon you…u crawl back into your shitty lives and choose to live with it…where as someone who stands up to injustice has to be a prostitute and a drunk..SACK UP
HAHA PEOPLE AT NAIRANG INNOCENT ITS A WHORE HOUSE RUN BY WHORES AND DRUNKS…
yeah that gallery and gallery owners are influential but filthy drunk heads who are trying to cover up
ignorant and immature. have some self-respect and keep your ugliness to yourself asim.
i know these people very well shitheads run that place
Asim. You would love to know these people but the sad sad fact of your pathetic existence that you don't and won't.
SHO might be right as there must be some activity going on there.
shoaib i saw your sister at the gallery…i think thats the only activity going on there
‘something wrong’ were going on, but law should have been used
WHY ARE ALL POINTING A FINGER AT SHO ,AND NO ONE LOOKING AT THE GALLERY PEOPLES ACTIVITIES
SHAHID, fuck off ok. get your mind straightened out. its completely irrelevant whatever goes on in the art gallery. its private property, and secondly it was not an incident that was provoked by the gallery people, but by the SHO. thirdly, there is a code of conduct or any human, let alone a person whose sole duty is to serve people, not to injure them. if you say that you condemn the activities in the gallery when no harm is being done to you by them, i swear i'll get to your house and beat you up so that you know how it feels. phir call karna apnay baap SHO ko. SHAHID!!
its an art gallery, if you even know what that means. if there's no art or no respect for the people who understand and respect it, then let this nation of ignorant people be doomed. inevitable destiny eh? no one to blame but yourself. buhat SHAHID!!
tera baap hai sho??
nahi tera ha us gallery waley ki randi aulaad ko marta larki ka kasoor nahi tha this place should be shut down.And nairang owners exposed.
Police has no right to behave like this, its highly condemnable act…citizens should organize themselves against this lawlessness
should beat that sho like a Dog and then jail for atleast 20 years. No one would ever disrespect a girl again.
someone should beat the owners son he deserves beating like a dog and put to jail for40 years someone get real story
someone should beat your mother and sister and rape them…lets see how you feel
HAHA THAT SOMEONE SOPHISTICATED RAPISTS OUT THERE AT NAIRANG WOULD LOVE TO RAPE UR SISTER I OR MOTHER!
There will be protests in Islamabad and Lahore against this incident. Go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13874791287… for more details.
There is only one word to describe police officials like him… simply put, hes a PIG.
ahhh sad
In this holy month of ramzan I pray to Allah for total destruction of Pakistan. These sons of whores came this far because the people of Pakistan let them. I loved my country but now I’m ashamed to be a Pakistani and there is no way this get any better only one WAY .. Destruction of Pakistan inshallah phir sub ko pata laggay ga
Tu bhe saath marja phir!
Just die…
no, dont pray for that. in can understand why you want to but dont. i know exactly how you feel .i used to to defend this country and now, sometimes i cant anymore. but i dont give up because no matter how bad it gets, it has to get better sometime. i know thats idealistic thinking and trust me im not exactly an optimist, but if you give up hope when you reach the bottom, your not gonna be there when we start going to the top again. so dont get left behind.
WELL IF THAT POLICE SHO IS FOUND GUILTY HE DOES NOT DESERVE THE HONOURABLE UNIFROM .. JUST STRIP IT OFF FROM HIM AND GIVE IT TO A DESERVING PERSON.. AISAY LOG POLICE KA NAME PAY KALA DABBA HAIN .. DO NOT BLAME POLICE .. IT IS BECAUSE OF SUCH FOOLS WHO ARE A DISGRACE FOR POLICE.
Police has no right to hit anyone…whatever the case or real story behind this incident. Police can't give jugdement, and then punish on site…what is the difference between this incident and Sailkot lynching incident?.
There is no difference what so ever between this and that of Sialkot incidents. People in police are placed in the force by recommendations and bribery, not by their qualifications and / or experience. Corruption leads to more corruption, therefore Pakistan is no longer pak, it has been corrupted.
what the hell!!! how can a police officer do such disgusting thing..?? he deserve punishment!
I was hesitating to comment but forced to do it. I know the attitude of this police since more than 4 decades when I was young. This is their style. They think they have become God after wearing police uniform. i have always hesitated all my life to enter police station even if knew there was some in police uniform there whom I know very well. Their enmity is as bad their friendship. They consider themselves above the law and do fear. Aah what a shame. they have not changed when I have grown old and crossed 60 years of my life.
yes the person should be stripped from his post as police officer – they never catch the bad people b/c they are the bad people now as well. And I hope the art community in lahore (which is also strong) takes it up and makes this person's life hell in a lot of ways than one. Get his pictures in all the places he isn't supposed to be, and expose his character (in many ways than one) – is ki shakal ke poster chhapen jispe likha ho COWARD EGOTISTICAL IMPOTENT BASTARD.
we the art community do not have to show anger…….our reply to this monster is to shame him. w
I would love to spray paint him and his work place once a week on a regular basis. use oil paint so it does not come off easily.
go around painting any thing related to police. Do not destroy anything……just use colourful paint and make it a happening all over Lahore
S.H.O rana zulfiqar Na bilkul Sahi kiya…. Ya sab Fahashi K Addy hen Aor ma samjhta hon In k Khilaf Action hona cahey…….
bar haaq ha!
Ager Ham Na Ab b In Fahashi K Addo ko Khatam nai kiya To Yaqeen janey Phr hamari dastan tak na ho gi Dastanoo ma!
Shabash Rana Zulfiqar……
yaqeenan inshallah!
Misogynist pig.
You are also showing misanthropic demeanour, try to tolerate other opinions.
Wanna know the cause of terrorism,poverty,electricity crisis etc.?No,sir it is not America or some other country and neither are our politicians involved.Its is the Pakistani public.Wanna know why? Its because all these things are happening and you can't stand up.I am sorry all these things will happen until you unite and fight and remember one thing if you won't stand up you are the next victim.If you think you will loot us,be corrupt,murder some one etc. Remember if Pakistan is dead you have no identity. Running to Canada,US,UK etc. won't make you part of them.I am sorry you will have to be degraded because your orignally from Pakistan.So the better option fix our Pakistan and we will be known as the best!
i think being disrespectful makes noone any better then other…police being disrespectful and now you doing the same…guilty both parties…now we suspect that police was wrong ask questions and then let the Judges do there works…and i am against these cafes who r propagating liberalism in our society we are liberal to the extent we should be according to islam not more then that… sleeveless shirts ummm no a women cant wear it infront of a namehram islam says that not me…right now its only sleeveless shirts then there will be sleeveless nickers and then bikinis and then nothing i think
Muslims are supposed to be at peace within themselves and others around them. Instead of attacking innocent people, maybe we should lower our gazes. Instead of enforcing others to dress and behave according to us and eventually being insecure about ourselves, maybe we should look within ourselves and try to be better Muslims. Because this process of looking within yourself is never-ending Furqan.
madarchod
an alarming situation!__keep bringing such incidents on the surface ali tahir! u might bring a huge change! thumbs up! 🙂
He should be suspended immediately. Shameful act. Bastard should be taught the lesson of his life.
Sad to know this all.
being a girl i am just trying to imagine how that girl wud have felt and feeling rite now. this is absolutely wrong
and dear fellows writing nairang as "fahashi ka adda" and "drinking place" seriously i believe u people have never been to nairang. seeing it from outside and assuming stuff what people say does not built reality. its a small harmless art gallery with a small harmless cafe and trust me whatever goes in that cafe goes in every cafe in lahore. every one have their own lives and decisions to run that life and no policeman or anyone has a rite to stop them by force. specially in private cafes.
i condemn this act strongly and i think its time to educate the police people with some morality and respect. they can't just run around and rape rspects and dignities.
There is no difference what so ever between this and that of Sialkot incidents. People in police are placed in the force by recommendations and bribery, not by their qualifications and / or experience. Corruption leads to more corruption, therefore Pakistan is no longer pak, it has been corrupted.
Rana zulfiqar…zindabad
One sided ill liberal mindset story
SHO SHADMAN 1 HONEST PERSON HAIN OR APNI DUTY AHSAN OR EMANDARI SE KARTE HAI. JO LOG US PER BLAIM KARTE HAI UN KA APNA FAISLA NAI HOTA BALKA WO LOG KISI K KWHNE PER US KO BURA KAHTE HAI . KOI B SHO JAB KISI MANSHIAT FAROOSH , QAMAR BAZ , SHESHA CAFEE , K KHELAF KARWAI KARTE HAI TO AESA DAHANDA KARNE WALE LOG ACHE RELATION RAKHTE HAIN JIS KI WAJA SE SHO KO PARESHANI HOTI HAI. LEKIN BADNAM OR BURE LOGON KA HI SATH DENA 1 ACHI BAT NAHI
SHO SHADMAN A NICE PERSON AND HONEST MAN. I LIKE SHO SHADMAN RANA ZULFIQAR. I WILL PRAY FOR HIM, HE IS ABLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
SHO SHADMAN WAS A NICE PERSON . POLICE OFFICERS WOULD THAT HE APPOINTMENT AGAINST SHADMAN AND I HOPE THAT SHO AGAIN CLOSE THIS SHEESHA QEEFE
Nairang antics is in fact place of flurting, drinking and entertainment of all illegle norcotics and is striving to harrass the police for the purpose of refraining of legal actions. nothing is behind the scandle axcept using mean ways against police.
sho shadman rana zulfiqar is very honest and noble man he can not do like this.bad people bad thinking.they blaming sho to hide their bad work.sho 5 waqat ka namazi aur emaandar hai.he can not do like this.this is phoo.
sho shadman he is a police man he is deserving because i know everyting this is all fake story the owner of nirang used womens to proof that sho shadman is wrong and he tried to get free from them so he did taht. nirang is a place where drugs and bad actives are being done so no matter how the person is only write if u know. nirang the owner of it is destoring the young girls and boys so mind ur launguage it shows ur background sho tried to stop them but the nirang owner wanted to destroy sho because he knew the secret of it
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