KARACHI: A police officer has been suspended on Monday for brutally torturing a hotel owner in Karachi over alleged violation of Covid standard operating procedures (SOPs).
The station house officer (SHO) of Saudabad police station was suspended for brutally torturing a hotel owner over an alleged violation of SOPs against COVID-19. It was learnt that the hotel owner was tortured at the police station for hours after being taken there for not closing the restaurant at the prescribed time.
The hotel owner, Malik Azhar, said in a video message that six to seven persons from different restaurants were taken into custody by police on Sunday late night at around 2:00 am. Azhar alleged that SHO Zubair beat him using batons and released him the next day at 9:00 pm. He added that all persons were queued and allegedly tortured by the SHO.–Agencies
