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Published 16 Feb, 2023 07:06am

Four brothers held for torture of anti-polio team

TOBA TEK SINGH: Sargodha Road police (Faisalabad) arrested on Wednesday four brothers on charges of attacking and torturing two members of a polio vaccination team in Hajveri Town.

Complainant (vaccinator) Muhammad Kalim Ashraf alleged in the first information report registered under sections 506, 354, 509, 186 and 34 of Pakistan Penal Code that four brothers Imran Khan, Ijaz Khan, Sajjad Khan and Burhan Khan not only forbade them from administering anti-polio drops to their children but also thrashed him and his colleague Ambreen.

Police have arrested all the suspects.

Reports said the suspects belonged to a Pathan family in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and were residing in Hajveri Town locality of Faisalabad.

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2023

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