Sindh home minister orders inquiry against policemen in ‘fake’ FIR case

KARACHI: The Sindh home minister has taken notice of a ‘fake’ FIR filed late Thursday night by the Gulshan-e-Maymar police against four brothers who were reportedly involved in a road accident with a police vehicle, Geo News reported.

In what is being termed a car-collision accident, a policeman driving an official vehicle hit a private vehicle from the rear Thursday night, following which he got out and allegedly assaulted all four passengers, called backup and then took the passengers of the private vehicle to the Gulshan-e-Maymar Police Station.

The policeman, along with his colleagues at the police station, continued to thrash the four passengers – all brothers – in the police station as well, and then went on to register a case against them.

In the FIR filed at the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station on the complaint of police official Kamran, the blame for the entire episode has been put on the four brothers. It has also been mentioned that the brothers’ vehicle hit the police van from the rear-end. However, the dents on both vehicles belie those claims as the front side of the police vehicle has been damaged along with the rear-end of the private car.

Moreover, the policeman was also allowed to take away his official vehicle without any examination being conducted on it by the Gulshan-e-Maymar police.

When the news of the treatment meted out to the private citizens was reported in the media, Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Sial took notice of the incident and ordered corrective action.

“We will not let Karachi become a police state,” Siyal stated, adding that action will be taken against the policemen who filed the false case and the SHO of the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station.

The minister, who noted that the policemen wrongly favoured their colleague, ordered the DIG East to conduct an inquiry into the incident.

However, till this report was filed, the four brothers continue to languish in the police lockup.