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| PPP MPA booked for alleged assault of Karachi corps commander's protocol |
| 2017-09-20 |
| [DAWN] Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... police on Tuesday started the paperwork but haven't done much else against PPP MPA Tariq Masood Arain and more than 12 armed guards over charges of attempted murder as the politician's guards allegedly assaulted a security squad protecting the family of Corps Commander Karachi Lt-Gen Shahid Baig Mirza. A first information report (FIR), registered on complaint of army Havaldaar Fahimullah Jan with Darakhshan Police, claimed the complainant and his colleagues were on duty when four men in a car tried to obstruct the VIP protocol of the corps commander's family, upon which they were instructed to stop and check the vehicle. The obstructing vehicle was intercepted near Saba Avenue, and the four men inside were asked to produce their CNICs, which they failed to produce, the FIR claimed. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... two boys later identified as Moon and Asad made telephonic contact with a person named Tariq, who immediately sent two vehicles with 15 to 18 gunnies carrying sub-machine guns (SMGs), the complainant alleged. One person, later identified as Manzoor, who arrived with the gunnies in a Land Cruiser threatened and beat up members of the VIP security squad. Their accomplice, later identified as Jehangir, and others assaulted sepoys Arif, Ali Jan and the complainant, according to the FIR. Moon and Asad also beat them up and snatched two official SMGs and two magazines, the complainant alleged, adding that he and two other members of the security squad were maimed and treated at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Complex where a medico-legal examination was carried out. The complainant claimed they were beaten at the behest of Tariq Masood Arain, an elected MPA from Shaheed Benazirabad currently serving his third term as a member of the provincial assembly. |
| Posted by:Fred |