The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Lahore has registered a case against six persons including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and station house officer (SHO) Shahdara on the charge of taking bribe from a citizen here.
The case was registered under Section PCA 5(2)47 and 161 on a statement of a citizen Advocate Rai Asif Mahmood against DSP Maqsood Ahmad Gujjar, SHO Shahdara Shahzaib Khan, T/SI Adnan Raza Gujjar, Head Constable Amjad, and two other policemen — Irfan and Shahzad. The fist information report (FIR) stated that the accused demanded Rs 150,000 in bribe from the applicant. The ACE is yet to make any arrest in this case.
Moreover, an MoU has been signed between Punjab Police and the Society for Audiological and Developmental Ailments (SADA) for modern treatment of hearing and speech impaired special children of Punjab Police employees.
The IG Punjab said that under the MoU, focal persons will be appointed for the treatment of special children affected by the hearing and speech of the police employees. The data of the affected children will be shared mutually so that practical measures can be taken for immediate treatment, he added. Dr. Usman Anwar said that the Society for Audiological and Developmental Ailments will provide free and discounted speech language therapy services to the special children of police employees. Police will organize a camp for free newborn hearing screening services at Qila Gujjar Singh Hospital. The IG Punjab added that the society will conduct free audiological testing of children under twelve years of age of police employees, the MoU between Punjab Police and the Society for Audiological and Developmental Ailments is a milestone in the treatment of affected children, he added. Additional IG Welfare Riaz Nazir Gara and CEO (SADA) Air Commodore Retired Inamul Haq Raja and other officers were also present in the ceremony.
DIG Headquarters Humayun Bashir Tarar, DIG Welfare Ghazi Salahuddin and AIG Admin Amara Athar and other officers also participated in the ceremony.