Tourist couple bemoans KP police harassment
Last updated on: 28 August,2023 01:46 pm
The couple belongs to Russia
(Web Desk) - A Russian couple, who is in Pakistan for tourism, on Sunday claimed that the Jamrud police of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa harassed them during their journey. Police on the other hand rejected the claim and termed it a ‘propaganda’.
Media reported that Slava Skolaniya said they were stopped by the policemen who questioned them harshly and ordered not to go ahead. He said the police demanded documents and they showed them accordingly.
Even after checking the documents, Skolaniya claimed cops shouted at them in front of public and forced them not to proceed.
“Some policemen were nice but one guy in particular acted in bad manner and scared [us] so much by taking a photo of her (his wife) and posted it on Facebook,” media quoted him as having said. A local then helped the couple and took them to his house, Skolaniya said.
He said they had visited nearly 80 countries to enjoy cultures of the nations and meet people from multiple diversities and ethnicities.
Responding to the foreign couple's complaint, the Peshawar police said the allegations were baseless.
خیبر: سوشل میڈیا پر وائرل غیر ملکی سیاح کا معاملے میں کوئی صداقت نہیں غیر ملکی سیاح کو بحفاظت طورختم کا دورہ کروایا، جسکے بعد بحاطت واپس لایا گیا، مہمانوں کے حوالے سے سوشل میڈیا پر منفی پروپیگنڈا کیا گیا ہے غیر ملکیوں سمیت عوام کی جان و مال کا تحفظ اولین ترجیح ہے"ڈی پی او خیبر"
— Capital City Police Peshawar (@PeshawarCCPO) August 27, 2023
It emerged after a detail investigation that the police didn't misbehave with the couple rather they were dealt like guests and provided full security.
“The couple was going to Afghanistan by a taxi on Saturday without alerting the police. The taxi dropped them at Jamrud Bazaar/Bab-i-Khyber following which a crowd surrounded them, a police statement said.
Police reached the spot, dispersed the crowd, leaving the couple a bit shaken but no one tried to harass them.