KARACHI: SHO Arambagh police station was suspended on Wednesday on the recent incident of firing at an innocent civilian due to a case of mistaken identity, ARY News reported.
According to details, The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South, Sharjeel Kharal dismissed SHO Rai Akmal over the unfortunate incident.
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Yesterday, In what appeared to be another incident of lack of policing skills, the Karachi cops opened fire on a motorcyclist in order to stop him at a makeshift interception barricade.
Narrating the incident, the police said that they asked a motorcyclist to stop during snap checking at MA Jinnah Road but he refused to do so and tried to deceive the cops by speeding up the two-wheeler.
“The cops opened fire towards the ground to stop the man, resulting in a bullet hitting him,” they said adding that the police shifted him to a hospital for treatment.
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The family claimed that the injured-Sharafat- went shopping with his friends. “He was injured due to the indiscriminate firing of policemen,” they blamed.
Injured Sharafat’s family abstained from filing a case against the police officials whereas the police party involved in carrying out the deed have owed to their crime and lack of judgment.
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