Two cops booked for unethical behaviour in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police authorities have ordered lodging of an FIR against two cops of SP Rural Special Squad following an investigation report as they were found involved in a serious crime committed against two young women at Lohi Bher police station
The women were arrested in a fake raid at a guesthouse on March 27 at a posh colony in Rural Circle, sources told The News.The Minister for Interior, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, considering the gravity of the offense ordered an inquiry on receiving information about the objectionable behavior of the cops at police station and appointed AIG (Operations) as the inquiry officer.
The interior minister when contacted by this correspondent for his comments said that anti-social elements would be washed out from the society.Consequently, Lohi Bheer police have registered the case under sections 354 and 392 PPC against two cops later recognised as Raja Inam Ilahi, son of Raja Muhammad Nawaz, resident of Dhoke Rajgan, Karal, Islamabad, and Adnan Khan, son of Naseer Khan, resident of Dhoke Mohri, Bhara Kahu.
The raiding party didn’t fulfill the legal requirements before conducting the raid at the guesthouse, said in the inquiry report adding that neither was the area magistrate informed nor was a search warrant obtained from the court of law. The inquiry officer recorded statements of the victim women, members of the raiding par and the cops involved in the incident and examined the circumstantial evidence, found the cops guilty and confirmed the happening in his report, the police sources said and added the report had been sent to higher authorities with the strong recommendations to lodge FIR against the cops involved in misusing their authority and their involvement in unethical activities.
Action was initiated after two victim women lodged written complaint with the office of IGP Islamabad saying that they were humiliated by two cops on the premises of the police station.
The report said nine women and four men, including two victims hailing from Lahore were picked from a guesthouse involved in unethical activities but three persons were freed after telephone call made by a SP of the Islamabad police currently transferred to FIA as assistant director while women were taken to Lohi Bher police station.
Both the victim women when contacted by this correspondent said that the members of the raiding party stormed into their rooms and held them at gun point adding that they collected valuables, snatched gold ornaments and cash and huddled them in their vehicles. They alleged that the team members opened beer tins recovered from the guesthouse and started drinking.
“Two cops separated them from other women and molested them and thrashed them inhumanly when we resisted,” the victims said.
Evidence and witnesses, during the inquiry, confirmed the allegation leveled by those women, the report disclosed.
The cops involved in releasing three people belonging to Swat and Dir arrested during the raid, confessed while recording their statement before the inquiry officer that they freed those three persons on the influence of Gulfam Nasir, SP of the Islamabad police, saying that the officer called them soon after the arrest of the suspects from the guesthouse and ordered to release them immediately. But SP Gulfam Nasir who is on deputation with the FIA as assistant director, when contacted, rebuffed the allegation saying that he had nothing to do with the issue, however, he said that he investigated the matter on his own when it came to his notice. The inquiry officer collected forensic evidence which indicated his involvement.
The cops admitted that they released a girl arrested from the guesthouse in the raid along with a driver.
The complainant women alleged that the raiding party snatched gold ornaments, mobile phone set from them and cash of Rs450,000 from three people but gave the cash to the suspects and freed them. The cops endorsed the allegation, during recording statement before the inquiry officer saying they gave the money back to the suspects on the direction of SP Gulfam Nasir. But the SP when asked by this correspondent, disagreed with the claim.
SP (Rural Zone) Yasir Afridi when contacted by this scribe for his comments, expressed his ignorance about the gravity of the incident, however, admitted that one carton of beer and some bottles of branded liquor recovered from the guesthouse were found missing and the raiding party didn’t dump all the items confiscated from the guesthouse. He said that inquiry in this regard had been initiated.