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India-Pakistan
Probe into police torture of Faisalabad protesters launched
2013-06-13
[BETA.DAWN] The Senate was told Wednesday that probe into the police torture of protesters against electricity outages in Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
has been launched and five coppers have already been suspended.

Pakistain Peoples' Party (PPP) leader Senator Raza Rabbani drew the house's attention to the incident in which coppers, holding axe and batons, were seen torturing citizens who were protesting against the prolonged electricity loadshedding.

A large number of people from villages around Khurrianwala town vented their anger against power outages on Tuesday and attacked a grid station and offices of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco). They blocked traffic on the Sheikhupura-Faisalabad road for about 10 hours and pelted police and vehicles with stones, causing injuries to four constables.

Police chased the protesters, entered a number of houses by scaling the walls or breaking open the gates and thrashed anyone they found there.

Policemen are reported to have abused and dragged women when they objected to their conduct.

A number of women and kiddies who had not joined the protests were also mistreated.

More than 10 people were placed in durance vile
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
from the houses.
Posted by:Fred

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