Lahore(June 30, 2017): A medical report of Awami Raj Party MNA Jamshed Ahmed Dasti on Friday revealed that no marks of violence were found during the MNA’s examination.
The examination report prepared by a board of five doctors appointed by the Punjab government from District Headquarters Hospital, found there were no visible marks of violence on the MNA’s body.
After the video broadcast, the Punjab Government decided to conduct the medical examination of the MNA, who had also complained of chest pain and toothache.
The dental surgeon consulted during the examination said the toothache being experienced by Dasti is not related to torture and there are no marks of violence.
Similarly, the cardiologist consulted stated in the report that the MNA did not have any “any active cardiac problem”.
Dasti, who was kept at the Dera Ghazi Khan Central Jail, was moved to the Sargodha District Jail on Wednesday.
Earlier, Jamshed Dasti was provided B-Class in jail and he can prepare a meal his own choice. Jail officials said that only blood relatives can meet him, however if anyone other than relative wanted to meet him must get home secretary permission.
In a disturbing video broadcast Thursday, Dasti could be seen apparently breaking down and pleading for help through the grilled windows of a prison vehicle.
The seemingly agitated Dasti claimed that he had been severely beaten by police and deprived of food for six days, and that rats and scorpions were often released into his jail cell as a means of torturing him.
On June 29, yesterday, Chief Justice Lahore High Court Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has taken the sou motu notice of the torture on Member National Assembly (MNA) Jamshed Dasti, who was seen apparently breaking down and calling for help through the grills of police van.
The chief Justice LHC taking the notice summoned the report from the concern officials of the anti-terrorism court regarding the torture and inhuman conduct with Jamshed Dasti.
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