Pakistani cricketer Sohaib Maqsood has lashed out at Sindh Police’s alleged ‘corruption’ as he was one of the cricketers who was stopped by law enforcement officials who asked for bribes while he was travelling to Multan.
The cricketer took to social media claimed that while he was returning to his home from Karachi, the Sindh police allegedly stopped him forcefully and asked for money. In a tweet, he wrote: “We are so lucky that we live In Punjab not in Sindh first time in my life I am travelling from Karachi to Multan by Road and Sindh police is so corrupt that they stop you after 50 km and ask for money or they threat you to go to the police station for no reason.
We are so lucky that we live In Punjab not in Sindh first time in my life I am travelling from Karachi to Multan by Road and sindh police is so corrupt that they stop you after 50 km and ask for money or they threat you to go to the police station for no reason if you give them
— Sohaib Maqsood (@sohaibcricketer) November 27, 2023
He added, “If you give them money then they will stop you again after 50 km and ask for money again corruption at its peak in Sindh police.” He further added, “We told them that we are international cricketers travelling to Multan after our match in Karachi they still took 8000 thousand rupees and then let us go.”