Khurrianwala Police have arrested three Dolphin Force officials in Faisalabad on Sunday on charges of assaulting a suspect who later died in hospital. The case involves Muhammad Yousaf, a motorcycle mechanic from Chak 211 RB in Jaranwala, who had been detained on Nov 17 in a theft case at a local workshop.

 

 

According to the complainant Muhammad Abbas, his brother Yousaf worked at the workshop where the alleged theft took place. 

 

He stated that after the arrest, Yousaf was taken to an unknown location by Dolphin team leader Raza Sajid, along with three officials. The workshop owner Kamran, his nephew Abubakar and an accountant named Ayatollah have also been accused of being involved in the incident.

 

 

Abbas said the group demanded Rs50,000 for Yousaf’s release and, after he refused, the mechanic was subjected to further assault. Abbas claimed that Yousaf was let go only when his condition worsened. 

 

 

He was shifted to Faisalabad DHQ Hospital, where he died on Sunday. Khurrianwala Police said they were carrying out raids to locate one more police official and three other suspects.

 

 

In a separate case, Jhang Satellite Town Police registered a triple murder case on Sunday against eight people for the killing of former Jhang District Bar Association president Mehar Muhammad Munir Sadhana, his driver, and a passerby on Gojra Road a day earlier.

 

 

The complainant, Advocate Fazal Abbas Sadhana, stated that his brother was on the way to the courts complex when Imran Shah, Ashiq Shah and two unidentified individuals riding two motorcycles opened fire at the car. He said the attack also injured a  butcher. 

 

Fazal Abbas said that a day before the shooting, four associates of the accused Asif Shah, Samar Shah, Qalab Shah and Haseebullah  had posted on social media that they would seek revenge for the killing of their relative Saqlain Shah. He stated that his brother had been representing the suspect in a case related to Saqlain Shah’s murder, and the suspects were currently in jail.

 

 

Police said teams were conducting raids to trace and arrest the suspects named in the FIR.

 

 

In another incident, a suspect identified as Muhammad Nasir of Chak 187 GB Rajana was killed in what police described as an encounter with a CCD team in Gojra. According to police, Nasir fired at officials during a routine patrol. He was taken to Gojra THQ Hospital, where he died. Police said Nasir was wanted in multiple dacoity cases.