LAHORE - A 30-year-old robbery suspect succumbed to police torture in the lock up of Shalimar Police Station on Friday. His body was moved to the morgue for an autopsy.
The deceased was identified by police as Imran, a resident of Mian Channu. He was arrested by police a couple of days ago on the charges of armed robberies.
Police said they were ‘interrogating’ Imran in connection with different robbery cases when his condition got deteriorated in the lock up. The crime suspect was shifted to a hospital where he expired later, police claimed. A duty official at the Shalimar police station said the 30-year-old man “died due to heart attack.”
However, relatives of the deceased reject the police claims and say Imran was tortured to death in police custody. A relative of the victim who visited city morgue last night told The Nation that the police were demanding huge cash from them. He requested anonymity and said some police officials badly tortured the young man during interrogation. The body will be handed over to the family by police after the autopsy.
Deaths of crime suspects in police custody are quite common in this Punjab province where police kill hundreds of suspects in fake encounters also. Brutal torture and corruption still remain hallmark of the country’s largest law enforcing agency.
Teen killed, father injured in gun attack
A teenage age boy was killed and his 50-year-old father wounded critically in a brazen gun attack which took place in Nishtar Colony on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Akram. His father Ashraf was rushed to hospital with multiple bullet injuries. The gunmen also fired warning shots in the air before fleeing.
Police investigators said the daylight shooting took place over wrong parking of a motorcycle in the street in Asif Colony. Police named the attackers as Saghir and Vicky who took out pistols and opened straight fire on Ashraf and his son after a brief argument over wrong parking. The body was shifted to the morgue for autopsy. The police were investigating the shooting with no arrest made till late Friday.
Trader found shot dead
A 45-year-old trader was found shot dead alongside a drain in Green Town on early Friday. The deceased was later identified as Hameed, a resident of Maqbool Road, Ichhra. He was running a shop in the Urdu Bazaar. The deceased left for home after closing his shop on Thursday evening. Hours later, he was discovered dead alongside a drain in Green Town. The police also seized a pistol and his motorcycle from the crime scene. A police official said the deceased was shot in the head.
The police later registered a murder case against unidentified killers on the complaint of Hafiz Yousaf, son of the deceased. Further investigation was underway.
Meanwhile, a 50-year-old man was found dead at a rented house in Old Anarkali police precincts on Friday. The body was moved to the morgue for autopsy.
The deceased was identified as Taj Din, a resident of Burewala. He was working as a labourer in the locality. The police were investigating the death.
