Five police personnel suspended for manhandling citizen in Multan

MULTAN: Five personnel of the Punjab Highway Patrolling Police Multan were suspended on Thursday for manhandling a citizen.

Patrolling police deployed at Multan’s Khanewal Road stopped a motorcyclist to check his papers, however, during the checking they had an altercation, officials said.

“Five personnel started beating up the motorcyclist,” a Punjab Highway Patrolling Police Multan official added.

After a video of the manhandling went viral, SP Patrolling Police Sajjad Hussain suspended the officials.

A committee has been formed under DSP Traffic Multan to conduct an inquiry into the incident.