Suspect escapes Gadap City police custody, three officers quarter-guarded
SSP Malir orders an inquiry and IG Sindh seeks an immediate report from DIG East and the SSP after a detainee fled the Karachi station.
A suspect escaped from the custody of police personnel at the Gadap City police station in Karachi, and three officials who had him in their charge have been placed on quarter guard for negligence, Express News reported.
SSP Malir Dr Abdul Khaliq Pirzada ordered an investigation into the escape, according to the outlet. The man had been detained on suspicion of theft and belonged to a motorcycle gang, Express News reported. The station is in Malir district, whose SSP ordered the inquiry.
UrduPoint reported that two suspects involved in a Rs9 crore robbery escaped after giving police the slip, and that they took a police officer's motorcycle with them as they left.
Express News put the robbery in that case at Rs8 crore and said the escaped man was initially described as a suspect in it. SSP Malir Pirzada said the detainee had no connection to the Rs8 crore robbery, the outlet reported. Trader Kush Chand, whose house was targeted in that incident, said in a video statement that the escaped man had no link to the crime at his home.
IG Sindh Javed Alam Odho took notice of the escape and asked DIG East and SSP Malir for a detailed report immediately, Express News reported. He directed that all available resources be used to arrest the escaped suspects and that special teams be formed for a search and combing operation.
Odho said negligence in the performance of duty would not be tolerated in any case, and that responsibility would be fixed after a review of all aspects of the incident, according to Express News. Departmental action is being taken against the personnel found negligent.
Express News described the escape as alleged and did not say how it happened at the station. A search for the escaped man is under way.
How the reports differ
UrduPoint reported that two suspects escaped, put the robbery at Rs9 crore and said they took a police officer's motorcycle as they fled. Express News reported a single escapee, put the robbery at Rs8 crore and led on SSP Malir Dr Abdul Khaliq Pirzada's statement that the detainee had no connection to that case, adding a video statement from trader Kush Chand saying the same. Express News alone carried the quarter guard punishment for three officials and the orders issued by IG Sindh Javed Alam Odho.
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