By Hanif Samoon
BADIN: The body of a van driver found, who was arrested by Tando Bago police in connection with a ‘theft’ case in the town some three days back, was found hanging in one of the lock-ups of the police station on Wednesday. The protesters accused that van driver Lal Mohammad Khoso was tortured to death by Tando Bago police.
A large number of the drivers, relatives, and workers of the various political parties under the leadership of former town Nazim Dilber Sindhi and others gathered outside the gate of the police station where they staged the demonstration accusing the DSP, SHO, and other policemen of torturing Khoso to death. The leaders of protesters said that they would not take the body for the post-mortem till the police cops were arrested.
They alleged that police cops picked up the driver without registering an FIR and then tortured him to death when his relatives refused to bribe the DSP, SHO, and other officials posted at Tando Bago police station. They demanded the high-ups of the Sindh government order the judicial probe into the alleged murder of the [poor driver else they warned to widen the scope of their protest.
“Khoso, a local when the driver was picked by the police for the interrogation connection with the theft case died by suicide” added DSP Tando Bago. Ali Raza Leghari talking to the journalists Mr. Lehari said that on the orders of SSP Badin Shabeer Ahmed Sethar they were investigating the incident from different angles to ascertain the real facts which forced the driver to commit suicide. While SSP Badin Shabeer Ahmed Sethar taking strong notice of the incident has suspended the SHO Tando Bago, Syed Asghar Shah. And some police constables have also been arrested.
The body is still hanging in the washroom of the lock-ups due to the protest by the enraged people of the town.
