DIG Operations Lahore held orderly room and announced various punishments to those found guilty.
He sought the reply of the police officers on 16 show cause notices. Three former SHOs were dismissed after being found guilty in the misconduct inquiry.
Ex-SHO Hanjarwal M Zubair Ahmed, former SHO Samanabad Yasir Bashir and former SHO Ohdiara Aamir Sohail are among those dismissed from the job. DIG issued orders to confiscate the service of seven SHOs who did not show effective performance against criminal elements.
The promotion of the inspector who was guilty of negligence in the inquiry duties was also stopped.
Among those who appeared, two officers were reprimanded, while show-cause notices were filed against three officers.