The city police on Sunday night allegedly killed two people in the middle of a ceremony in Nawaz Sharif Colony.
According to eyewitnesses, a police squad raided a ceremony and started beating up a man. Startled by the brutality of the police, other attendees at the event intervened to save the man from torture, as blows from gunstocks had already injured him seriously. The cops opened fire, which killed two people on the spot, the eyewitnesses said. The firing left three persons injured, including a three-year-old. This savagery mobilized an angry mob, which swooped on the feral cops, who fearing a possible lynching, managed to flee leaving their weapons as well as motorcycles behind. Following the tragic incident, local residents set tyres ablaze on Ferozepur Road and blocked it vowing to protest until justice was served.
FIR registered against
police brutality
On Monday, a case was registered against three constables and six unidentified officials. According to Model Town SP Awais Malik, a case has been registered in Naseerabad Police Station on the complaint of Ashraf Masih, a relative of one of the deceased Adeel Masih. Three police constables Illyas Jutt, Ehtesham and Muhammad Mujahid, six unidentified police officials and informers Siddiq Ahmad and Muhammad Afzal have been nominated in the First Information Report.
