LAHORE: As many as 15 policemen were booked for torturing a guesthouse worker to death during a raid in Johar Town on Tuesday.

Malik Saeed, 40, a waiter, was on duty at the Green Light Guesthouse in Wafaqi Colony when a police party raided the place.

The policemen nabbed Saeed and after allegedly torturing him to death over exchange of harsh words threw his body in a room and left the scene.

The workers of the guesthouse gathered on the spot and staged a protest demonstration against Johar Town police. They chanted slogans against police for torturing their co-worker to death.

Meanwhile, senior police officers reached the spot and assured the protesters that strict action would be taken against the policemen if found involved in the matter. The protesters later dispersed peacefully.

Police shifted the body to Jinnah Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took notice of the incident and sought a report from Inspector General Mushtaq Sukhera.

Saddar Division Superintendent of Police (SP) Faisal Mukhtar said the postmortem examination report would reveal the exact cause of Saeed’s death.

He said police also registered a murder case against 15 policemen on the complaint of the victim’s family.

Published in Dawn, March 9th, 2016