LARKANA: Police have registered an FIR No: 03/2018 at Illahi Bux police station under sections 302 – 34 PPC on statement of Syed Javed Ali Shah against five accused including SHO Iqbal Kandhro, WHC Jahan Ali Shah, Abdul Jabar, Abdul Ghafar and a driver, for alleged killing of 18-year Kashif Ali Shah son of Abdul Hafeez in police torture during arrest, near here on Sunday evening.
Police have arrested Jahan Ali Shah, and accused others are yet to be held.
The deceased was brought dead to the casualty of the Chandka Medical College Hospital by police, said hospital sources.
He was arrested by Illahi Bux police station of Bakrani Taluka on theft charges a few days ago when an influential political person asked the SHO for his arrest.
The heirs of the deceased reached the hospital where they started chanting slogans against police for merciless and brutal beating of Shah.
The heirs including Syed Amir Shah, Kamran Shah and others told newsmen that some goods were stolen from the shop of Jabbar & Ghaffar Siyal at village Mad Freedabad (home village of Sindh Home Minister) and the police arrested deceased Kashif Shah and Ramiz Shah and locked them up.
The police released Ramiz Shah to bring Rs20000 as bribe and get the release of Kashif Shah, the heirs told the SSP Larkana Tanveer Tunio when he visited the Casualty when body of the deceased reached there. They further said that suddenly police informed them that deceased Kashif had committed suicide inside the lockup by hanging himself. They alleged that their young boy has been killed by police in torture. They said deceased was a 9th class student.
They further alleged that they have been targeted by influential people of Siyal community.
SSP took notice of the issue and removed SHO Iqbal Kandhro and WHC Jahan Ali Shah. The heirs have appealed to IGP Sindh and other higher government authorities to order a thorough probe into the killing of their youth.