{"id":73592,"date":"2025-05-08T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=73592"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:16:30","slug":"karachi-police-officers-suspended-for-assaulting-local-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi-police-officers-suspended-for-assaulting-local-vendor\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi police officers suspended for assaulting local vendor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Two <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/police-constable-was-shot-dead-by-unknown-gunmen-in-bannu-police\/\">police officers<\/a> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Karachi<\/span> have been suspended <span class=\"diff-highlight\">following<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">assault<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> an elderly street vendor, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">according<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">report.<\/span>\u00a0The incident <span class=\"diff-highlight\">occurred<\/span> in the Saddar area <span class=\"diff-highlight\">when<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> officers allegedly beat <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> vendor <span class=\"diff-highlight\">after<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">he<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">did<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">not<\/span> pay a bribe <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">them<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> video of the incident <span class=\"diff-highlight\">quickly<\/span> went viral on social media <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">received<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rapid<\/span> police <span class=\"diff-highlight\">action<\/span>. DIG South Asad Raza took notice of the incident<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">called<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">immediate<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">suspension<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> the officers involved<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> ordered a formal inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>DIG Raza met the vendor and assured him justice would be <span class=\"diff-highlight\">done<\/span>. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">DIG<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Raza<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reprimanded<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> SHO of Saddar police station<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">saying<\/span> strict departmental and legal action would be taken against the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">officers<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">responsible<\/span>. Read More: Cop suspended for refusing to pay for sherbet bottle in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Previously<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">an<\/span> officer was suspended for refusing to pay for a<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pfa-seals-eight-contaminated-bottled-water-plants\/\"> sherbet bottle<\/a> in Karachi.\u00a0In another case of police high-handedness, a cop forcibly <span class=\"diff-highlight\">grabbed<\/span> a beverage bottle from a shopkeeper <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> Sher Shah area of Karachi <span class=\"diff-highlight\">(<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">rose<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sherbet<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">This<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">occurred<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Sher<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Shah<\/span> at a shop <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">area<\/span> of Site B police station <span class=\"diff-highlight\">jurisdiction<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">where<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> video <span class=\"diff-highlight\">showing<\/span> a police sub-inspector <span class=\"diff-highlight\">forcibly taking<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> rose sherbet bottle <span class=\"diff-highlight\">went<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">viral<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The shopkeeper resisted <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">explained<\/span> he was just a salesperson, but the cop insisted <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> even <span class=\"diff-highlight\">took<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">off<\/span> his <span class=\"diff-highlight\">mask<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reveal<\/span> his <span class=\"diff-highlight\">face,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">saying<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">That<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">not<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">important<\/span>, just <span class=\"diff-highlight\">tell<\/span> the shop owner about me<span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Madadgar 15, Imran Shaukat, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">acted<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">quickly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> the report and suspended Sub-Inspector Javed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Two police officers in Karachi have been suspended following the assault of an elderly street vendor, according to a report.\u00a0The incident occurred in the Saddar area when the officers allegedly beat a vendor after he did not pay a bribe to them. 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