A police official claims he was ‘half-baked’ by a shot in the leg in a stage encounter and framed in a case by an SHO who demanded two million rupees in bribe but settled for Rs300,000 on the intervention of a wadera. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Syed Asghar Ali Shah of Larkana Police Training College has accused the Rahuki police of shooting him in the leg during a staged encounter, allegedly at the behest of an influential landlord. He appealed to the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court and senior officials to order transparent investigations and deliver justice. Addressing a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club, Shah claimed that around 20-25 policemen led by ASI Irfan Sapio, who was allegedly drunk, raided his house in Tando Haider late at night without a warrant or women police. He claimed that officers violated women’s privacy, vandalized the house under the pretext of a search and subjected men, women and children to brutal violence. Shah further said that he along with his nephews and an employee of the household were blindfolded, abducted and his parked vehicle was also taken away. He claimed that the police later demanded Rs2 million for his release. When he refused, he was blindfolded, taken to an unknown location and shot in the leg in what he described as a "half-baked" attempt.
ASI says SHO ‘half-baked’ him to extort money
