RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police tortured and detained Geo Information correspondent, Haider Sherazi, who was protecting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) deliberate protest in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
Sherazi was protecting the previous ruling social gathering’s protest at Islamabad toll plaza, the place the PTI staff and supporters clashed with the police.
The journalist launched himself to the charged cops many occasions, nevertheless, they stored beating him up together with different journalists and snatched their cellphones.
Sherazi obtained wounds on his face and head because of the police torture.
The journalists have been overwhelmed up by the on-duty police officers after they filmed PTI protesters who opened a blocked route after resisting the cops.
Chatting with Geo Information, Inspector Normal Punjab Police Usman Anwar assured that the difficulty of police maltreatment of the journalists could be addressed.
Pointing in direction of clashes between PTI staff and police groups, Anwar stated that the incident might need occurred because of the prevailing tense state of affairs in Rawalpindi.
He added that he has contacted the town police officer (CPO) Rawalpindi to resolve the difficulty on the earliest.
Following the Punjab police chief’s directives, CPO Rawalpindi Khalid Hamdani ordered the suspension of the officers concerned in torturing the journalists.
He vowed that the police division would tackle the grievances of the journalists who have been subjected to torture.r
