Quetta: Police tortured journalist

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Quetta: Police tortured journalist

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A press photographer who had recorded his statement in Kharotabad incident manhandled.

14 June,2011 09:22 am

According to reports, Photographer Jamal Tarakai was detained and also subjected to severe torture in Kharotabad police station for recording his statement against the police.Talking to Dunya News, Tarakai said that the police officials intercepted him on a road, tortured him and took him to the police station.It may be mentioned that an unarmed Russian family was brutally murdered by police in Kharotabad by declaring them as terrorists.A judicial tribunal has been set up to investigate the incident. Earlier, the police have severely tortured a surgeon doctor for recording his statement against the police.Now the police took the photographer into their custody though for a brief period and subjected him to severe torture.According to the latest reports, two officials of Kharotabad police station have been suspended for torturing the journalist.