PESHAWAR: The police have arrested 30 folks for rioting through the ongoing protests over the stripping and torture of an accused within the police custody.
The protests continued for the second day on Friday because the police and mobs clashed in several elements of the provincial metropolis.
Numerous protesters gathered close to the Peshawar Press Membership on the Sher Shah Suri Highway and tried to assault a police cell van.
Some armed protesters fired bullets into the air. The mob later went to the Surey Pul Chowk, the place they clashed with the riot police.
The protesters pelted the police with bricks, whereas the police used teargas shells to disperse the mob.
The Khyber Highway remained closed to site visitors throughout clashes.
Police, mobs conflict in elements of Peshawar
Within the afternoon, round 150 protesters tried to assault the Tehkal police station, the place the incident of stripping and torture had taken place.
The protesters torched a motorbike and threw stone on the police station and mob dispersed after being teargassed by the police.
An official stated the closed-circuit tv cameras of the police station had been additionally broken by the mob.
A press release issued right here quoted metropolis police chief Mohammad Ali Gandapur as saying that the police had arrested 30 rioters and a few of them had been armed.
He stated majority of these held had been the native residents, whereas some had been Afghan nationals.
Mr Gandapur stated the police had been working to establish these concerned in rioting and pelting of stones.
“More people will be arrested after identification process is complete,” he stated.
Mr Gandapur stated the police had proven the utmost restraint throughout protests however they received’t permit anybody to interact in rioting and harm private and non-private properties.
In Malakand area, activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami protested the incident of custodial torture.
Carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans towards the Tehkal police, the protesters condemned the police’s brutality.
On the decision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council, legal professionals boycotted courts throughout the province to document their protest over custodial torture.
Additionally on Friday, the house division formally requested the Peshawar Excessive Courtroom to appoint a choose for a single-member judicial fee to research the Tahkal police’s brutality towards an accused.
Adviser to chief minister on info Ajmal Khan Wazir stated the federal government had despatched a letter to the Peshawar Excessive Courtroom for the nomination of a choose for the judicial fee to probe the Tahkal incident.
Mr Wazir informed reporters right here that the judicial fee would establish these accountable for the incident and that they might be tried in accordance with the regulation.
He stated the federal government would make the inquiry report public.
The adviser stated the federal government took motion towards the police personnel quickly after the torture video went viral on social media.
He stated on the instructions of the chief minister, 4 police personnel, together with the related SHO, had been suspended, whereas an FIR was lodged towards them.
Mr Wazir stated the Peshawar SSP (operations) was additionally faraway from his put up.
“The misconduct and wrongdoings of few personnel, the whole police department should not be blamed. The police force has given sacrifices in the war against terrorism, while they are also serving on the front line against the Covid-19 pandemic,” he stated.
In the meantime, Afghan ambassador Shukrullah Atif Mashal met provincial police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi on the central police places of work right here.
A press release issued right here stated the ambassador mentioned the Tehkal concern with the police chief.
Dr Abbasi knowledgeable the diplomat concerning the immediate motion taken by the police on the incident and stated the culpable personnel had been suspended and had been taken into custody.
He stated justice can be executed within the case in any respect prices and that the due punishment can be given to the culprits.
The Afghan counsel basic in Peshawar had met the KP police chief on Thursday. Radiullah alias Amirae, who was tortured within the police custody, is an Afghan nationwide and due to this fact, the Afghan diplomatic mission in Pakistan is pursuing the case.
Revealed in Daybreak, June 27th, 2020
