IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan takes notice on death of accused in custody at Gujarat.
Suspend the officials involved and register a case immediately.
The investigation of case should be completed soon and guilty officials should be punished severely. IG Punjab.
Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan has taken notice on death of accused in custody at Gujarat and directed RPO Gujranwala to submit report
IG Punjab directed DPO Gujarat to register a case against all officials involved in the incident and arrest them. IGP directed to take strict departmental and legal action against the culprits while fulfilling the legal requirements.
On the direction of IG Punjab, DPO Gujarat has has suspended the staff of CIA and investigation has been started after registering the case whereas, postmortem of the accused is also being conducted. IG Punjab directed that investigation into the incident should be completed keeping in view all aspects and no sympathy should be made to those responsible for this incident. Rao Sardar Ali Khan directed that torture or killing of accused during detention or custody would not be tolerated under any circumstances. He further said that DPO Gujarat should keep in close touch with families of deceased and also ensure delivery of justice on priority basis.
(Handout No. 244)
Osama Mehmood
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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