PESHAWAR: After four custodial deaths in the last one year, the police have installed closed-circuit television cameras inside the lockups of all local police stations.
The police officials told media that custodial deaths were reported in the lockups of the University Town, Agha Mir Jani, Hashtnagri and Khan Razik Shaheed police stations. They said first aid training had also been imparted to the clerks of all police stations by the services hospital doctors.
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The officials said the video surveillance of lockups, provision of lifesaving drugs, and training of the police stations’ employees were meant to prevent the death of the accused in detention.
They said orientation sessions were held for the clerks of police stations to tackle untoward incidents in lockups, while healthcare emergency numbers were displayed at prominent places inside police stations. The officials said the police registered FIRs of custodial deaths and ordered judicial inquiries into them.
According to them, Fida Mohammad detained on the charge of mobile phone theft died in the Agha Mir Jani Shah police station lockup on Nov 26, 2018, leading to the registration of a case against the then SHO, inspector Ebad Wazir, and his gunner, Rahat Shah.
However, the family of the deceased made a compromise with the police officer and thus, leading to the disposal of the case by the court of law.
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On Oct 1, 2019, Naveed detained in a police station over the torture of a resident was rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) after he fell ill, but the doctors declared him dead.
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