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Committee formed to probe police torture
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Friday constituted a committee to hold an inquiry into the brutal incidents of police torture and asked the authorities to forward the cases of involved policemen to court.However, no order was passed about involvement of an MPA, who was also seen supervising a similar act of police torture in Jalalpur Bhatian.
The decision was made by the chief minister at a high-level meeting called in the wake of several incidents of police torture aired by country’s broadcast media extensively.
The chief minister was dismayed at public flogging of accused by the police.
Such incidents could not be tolerated, he said, asking the police high ups to regularly undertake an inspection to control such brutal acts of violence.
He also thanked the media for highlighting the issue.
Punjab’s Inspector General submitted a report about incidents of torture witnessed in Chiniot and Jalalpur Bhatian.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv