Karachi: A violent scuffle happened in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police station between the police and lawyers.
The police said that when they apprised the person in plain cloths not having the authority to release a vehicle then the person started taking slang language withe the Station House Officer (SHO).
After sometimes the lawyers in a large number attacked the gate of the police station.
The President of Karachi Bar Amir Nawaz Waraich said that the lawyers had gone to release the vehicle as per the court orders.
The police not only refused accepting the court orders but also tortured the lawyers.
Later, SHO was suspended and demoted as well for allegedly assaulting a lawyer, which sparked hours-long clashes between the law enforcers and lawyers at the Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police Station.
The clash between the policemen and lawyers was triggered after senior lawyer and Sindh High Court (SHC) member Qadir Rajpar arrived at the police station with a client with a court order for the release of a vehicle.
Following the incident, negotiations between the senior superintendent of police (SSP) East, superintendent of police (SP) Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi Bar Association President Amir Nawaz Warraich and lawyers began.
Karachi Bar Association General Secretary Ikhtiar Channa, while speaking to media persons, said that one of their lawyers had come to the station for the release of his vehicle.
SHO prohibited the investigating officer not to give the vehicle, claimed Channa, adding that the fellow lawyer was locked up and tortured.
After the negotiations, President Warraich said the SHO has been suspended and demoted at their request and a case has been filed against him and the staff.
The lawyers kept on protesting until they got a copy of the first information report.
The police also said that the SHO misbehaved with lawyers and a case with provisions of terrorism, attempted murder and torture have been filed against him.
He added that more than 15 policemen have been named in the case.
