New SOPs bar policemen from frisking trans persons
Crime
Police protection centres will deal with the cases involving trans persons
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – In the wake of clashes between police and transgender persons, the Punjab police on Wednesday issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for police to deal with the trans persons.
According to the SOPs, policemen will not frisk transgender persons. Police protection centres will deal with all kinds of cases pertaining to transgender persons.
All police stations and checkposts have been informed about the new SOPs with an order to implement these immediately.
It should be noted that some trans persons, along with club-wielding men, on Wednesday attacked a police raiding team and injured two officials in Jaranwala.
The incident took place a few days after three trans persons were arrested for storming and vandalising a police station in Gujrat district’s Kharian city.
Police sources said trans persons, accompanied by some men carrying clubs, tortured policemen in Jaranwala while reacting to a raid on a party.
A team conducted raid on a complaint about dance party and violation of loudspeaker act and the suspects attacked the officials.
Sources said head constable Akmal and constable Atif were injured in the assault. An Elite Force team rescued the officials who were allegedly locked in a room.
Meanwhile, a video showing torture on police went viral.
Police registered a case against 49 people, nine of them nominated.
Meanwhile, nine trans persons who were put behind the bars after attack on police in Gujrat's Kharian tehsil were released on bail.
