RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police tortured and detained Geo News correspondent, Haider Sherazi, who was covering the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) planned protest in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
Sherazi was covering the former ruling party’s protest at Islamabad toll plaza, where the PTI workers and supporters clashed with the police.
The journalist introduced himself to the charged cops many times, however, they kept beating him up along with other journalists and snatched their mobile phones.
Sherazi received wounds on his face and head due to the police torture.
The journalists were beaten up by the on-duty police officials when they filmed PTI protesters who opened a blocked route after resisting the cops.
Speaking to Geo News, Inspector General Punjab Police Usman Anwar assured that the issue of police maltreatment of the journalists would be addressed.
Pointing towards clashes between PTI workers and police teams, Anwar said that the incident might have occurred due to the prevailing tense situation in Rawalpindi.
He added that he has contacted the city police officer (CPO) Rawalpindi to resolve the issue at the earliest.
Following the Punjab police chief’s directives, CPO Rawalpindi Khalid Hamdani ordered the suspension of the officials involved in torturing the journalists.
He vowed that the police department would address the grievances of the journalists who were subjected to torture.r
