HAFIZABAD City News

Two held for chopping off labourer’s hands

From Our Correspondent

HAFIZABAD: Kassoke police have registered a case against four people on a charge of cutting both hands of a labourer and arrested two of them, including the former UC nazim’s son.

Muhammad Siddique of Nankana district along with his victim son Muhammad Akram came to the police station and submitted a written application for registration of a case. In his application, Siddique said that he and his son Akram worked at the dera of former nazim landlord Rana Israrul Haq at Wachoke village. About three months ago, he and his son left the job and returned to their village. Later, Rana Israr’s son Asad Israr, Ahsanullah and two others came to Nankana and allegedly kidnapped Siddique and his son Akram. The accused took them to their dera where they tortured Akram and cut his hands. On the other hand, Rana Israr denied the allegations. He claimed that Akram was working on an electrical cutter when his hands got entangled in it about two months ago. Consequently, the hands were chopped off. He further claimed that he shifted Akram to the DHQ hospital where he was treated for many days.

Meanwhile, DPO Shakir Hussain said that he had constituted a special team for investigating the case.