RAWALPINDI: A police official has allegedly involved in taking bribes and fake actions against poor people in the city.
Wajid Bhatti, in-charge of Amin Town check post of Pirwadhai police station, started extorting money from poor people by threatening them instead of curbing crime.
Sources said that the illegal police post in Amin Town has become a hub for extortion. Several people have already filed complaints against Wajid Bhatti along with the concerned police station but no action has been taken, sources added.
Sources disclosed that the police officials abducted a man, Abdul Rehman from a scrap shop at gunpoint and kept him at the check post in New Town. After the intervention of the locals, Wajid Bhatti released the man after torturing him, sources added.
After the release the man the police official threatening him with dire consequences and snatching Rs 10,000 from his pocket, sources said.
People have appealed to IGP and RPO Rawalpindi to take immediate departmental action against such black sheep and provide protection to the people.
