Journalist, doctor unveiling facts of Kharotabad incident tortured by cops in Quetta

Journalist, doctor unveiling facts of Kharotabad incident tortured by cops in Quetta

By Saleem Mehsud

QUETTA, June 15: Committing unlawful acts seem to be the loving job of our law enforcement agencies whose prime duty is to provide security to citizens, instead they were subjecting those to torture who were unveiling their illegal acts.

The law enforcement agencies high-handedness for torturing and killing citizens has been reported routinely on media but security personnel were not bounding themselves to the law of the state. After committing the crime of killing unarmed foreigners, this time security personnel have tortured the police surgeon and a journalist who have unveiled facts in the Kharotabad incident.

The tribunal formed by the provincial government to investigate the killing of five foreigners, who were killed last month by the security forces at Kharotabad, headed by Justice Mohammad Hashim Khan Kakar of Balochistan High Court has summoned Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Quetta. The tribunal resumed investigation of the Kharotabad incident on Tuesday.
The Kharotabad incident, which left question mark over the performance of our security forces who killed on May 17 five unarmed foreigners was an issue of great concern for the entire nation and the incident was made public with the help of media persons who did on the spot coverage of the incident.

The INP photojournalist Jamal Tarkai who covered the Kharotabad incident was arrested and tortured by police personnel.
Talking to a private TV channel, Jamal Tarkai said that he had been terrorised for uncovering the facts of the Kharotabad incident and now he is fed-up with his life, being living in the suffocated environment.

On the other hand, a police surgeon, Dr Baqir Shah, who had conducted the post-mortem of five foreigners killed last month in Kharotabad area by security forces was beaten up and injured by unknown assailants here at Prince Road Hotel on Monday night.
When Dr Baqir Shah was attacked he was taking dinner at a hotel.
He alleged that he was beaten up by policemen who came in at least 10 vehicles and were saying “he is the man who recorded statement against us, beat him.”

“I was punished by police for telling the truth about the killing of five foreigners,” he told a private TV channel, adding that he can identify those police personnel who tortured him.