Journalist manhandled | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

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Journalist manhandled

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: The police allegedly manhandled a local journalist in the limits of Sharqi Police Station here on Thursday.Talking to reporters at the Peshawar Press Club, the victim Ameer Muavia, reporter for a news agency, said he was passing through a checkpoint near Suri Pul when the cops stopped him and started interrogation.

“I showed them my press card to let me go, but they refused and started thrashing me with their gun buts,” he claimed.He said he also lost Rs12,700 cash during the incident. He demanded immediate suspension of the cops for thrashing him without any reasons.

Source: The News


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