Man accuses police of torture

MANSEHRA: A man, who was arrested in the car-hijacking case, was hospitalised here on Sunday after his condition deteriorated because of alleged sever torture by the Abbottabad police.

“The police arrested me in a car theft case and kept me in an illegal confinement for 10 days and severely tortured me,” Shahnawaz told reporters at the hospital. He said he had acquired a car on rent from a service provider, which was stolen from outside his residence in Nugri Ball area of Abbottabad. “And when I approached Donga Galli Police Station, the cops lodged a first information report against me and arrested me in the car theft case,” he said, adding, “Police tortured me, hurting even my sensitive parts.”