Depalpur: Accused killed in police torture, family protests

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Depalpur: Accused killed in police torture, family protests

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An accused in theft was killed in police torture in Depalpur. Police and the villagers exchanged firing. DPO Okara closed the villagers in the houses,Dunya News reported

20 February,2011 03:33 am

According to details, Baseerpur Police arrested Shaikh Fayyaz of Rukunpur village and tortured him for 8 days which caused his death. Fayyas was accused in mobile phone theft.Family of the deceased protested and tried to take the dead body to Lahore but the police surrounded them near Mandi Usman Wala and DPO Okara forced them to return to their village. The family of Fayyaz refused to bury the body until the arrest of SHO Akhtar Khan.According to SP investigation, the torture has been proved in the postmortem report.