Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against Saifur Rehman, chief of the defunct Ehtesab Bureau, former Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) Rana Maqbool and other police officials for torturing him. Police said registration of the case was ordered by the Karachi South District and Sessions Judge Sher Bano Karim on Zardari's complaint. Others who were booked are former Karachi deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Farooq Amin Qureshi, former superintendent of Karachi Central Jail Najaf Mirza and Mujeebur Rehman, the brother of Saifur Rehman. The FIR has been registered under sections 323, 109, 120 and 34. Police said they would arrest them if court issued warrants. Zardari on Wednesday accused them of torturing him while he was in custody six years ago, Zardari's lawyer Shahadat Awan said.In an application submitted to police, Zardari alleged that these "people tortured me and tried to kill me at the behest of the government," according to the lawyer. Zardari said that in 1999 he was taken to an interrogation centre from jail and was tortured in custody with the intention to kill him, Awan said. During the process his tongue was cut, Zardari alleged.
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