Rawalpindi - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan Monday said that incident of killing of two brothers at the hands of police in Rawalpindi could have been averted if the persons responsible for Model Town massacre had been punished in accordance with law by the government.
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif are responsible for happening of such brutal incidents as they have recruited goons in Punjab police to please their blue-eyed MNAs and MPAs.
That is why Punjab police are killing innocent people daringly,” the PTI chief further said while talking to media persons after condoling the death of two brothers with bereaved family here at Muzamil Town, Shakrial. He was flanked by PTI central leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, President Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, MPA Arif Abbasi, MPA Raja Rashid Hafiz and Sadaqat Abbasi.
Coming down hard on PML-N leadership and Punjab police, Imran Khan said that police on nod of their political masters had been killing the innocent and helpless people but no action had been taken against any of murderers. While recalling some incidents of police brutality, the PTI chief said that police murdered 14 innocent people and injured more than 100 in Model Town; opened volley of bullets on two lawyers of PTI including president Daska Bar Association, and killed two orphans on a Rawalpindi road in front of many but nobody took notice of this barbarianism.
“It is not the murder of two brothers; rather it is a murder of whole family as both the deceased were the only bread earners for their family,” he said and added, “In my views, Sharif brothers are responsible for the double murder in Rawalpindi.”
“Police are infested with political recruitments and cops do whatever they want. The police stations have become a sign of terror,” he said. The PTI chief, who is also elected MNA from NA-56, demanded of the government to bring the accused cop to book in accordance with law to avoid happening of such incidents in future.
He also announced that PTI would participate in the protest demonstration of PAT on June 16 against Model Town bloodshed.
Earlier, Imran Khan and others met with the family members of two brothers and offered Fateh for their departed soul.