MULTAN: Authorities ordered an investigation on Friday into claims that Vehari police sewed up a prisoner's lips to stop him screaming obscenities, sources said. Policemen allegedly used a needle and jute yarn to silence Muhammad Hussain when he fought with a fellow prisoner, tore an officer's shirt and shouted while being taken to court on Thursday. Hussain, facing trial over a fight between rival groups, badly damaged his lips when he tried to speak again. "I have ordered an inquiry into the sewing of the lips of an under-trial prisoner, Hussain, to keep his mouth shut," said Malik Muhammad Iqbal, deputy inspector general of police in Multan. "The policemen responsible will not be spared if they committed such a crime."
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