Out of the four policemen, three have been arrested while one of them is still at large.
Giving more details, SSP South Pir Mohammed Shah and SP Suhai Aziz, in a press conference, told the media representatives that the incident happened on the morning of March 10.
“Three policemen have been found directly involved in the incident. Few policemen bring a bad name to the entire force,” the police officials stressed in the press conference.
The arrests took place after a video went viral on the social media in which a policeman could be seen manhandling a woman and trying to snatch a cell phone from the man who was recording the video.
According to the police officials, ASI Zulfiqar Ali came to sea view while abandoning his duty.
After the video surfaced on the social and mainstream media, the ASI and policemen Ahmed Khan, Qurban and Zahid were dismissed from service.
SSP South Shah and SP Aziz also assured that strict action would be taken against the accused involved in the case.
Karachi cops violated the order of their chief as they harassed and humiliated a married couple at Seaview beach on Monday by asking them to show 'Nikahnama'(marriage certificate) to prove their credentials as husband and wife.
Shocking video that went viral shows that four cops, three of them were plain-clothed scuffled and brutally reacted to a married couple, who were walking along with Karachi beach, after their refusal to show the Nikahnama (marriage certificate).
The Karachi police chief took the notice after the video went viral and reportedly suspended all the policeman involved in the heinous act of the harassment.
The detained officials include ASI Zulfiqar, officer Ahmed Khan, Qurban and Zahid respectively. According to reports, a request against two officers to be removed from duty has been filed.Karachi cops violated the order of their chief as they harassed and humiliated a married couple at Seaview beach on Monday by asking them to show 'Nikahnama'(marriage certificate) to prove their credentials as husband and wife.
Shocking video that went viral shows that four cops, three of them were plain-clothed scuffled and brutally reacted to a married couple, who were walking along with Karachi beach, after their refusal to show the Nikahnama (marriage certificate).
The Karachi police chief took the notice after the video went viral and reportedly suspended all the policeman involved in the heinous act of the harassment.
The detained officials include ASI Zulfiqar, officer Ahmed Khan, Qurban and Zahid respectively. According to reports, a request against two officers to be removed from duty has been filed.Meanwhile, SSP South will record statements of all the police officers and take decision accordingly.
Last year in October, the Additional Inspector General of Police Amir Sheikh, wrote a letter to addressed the Deputy Inspector Generals (DIG) South, West and East Zones Karachi, stating: "You are hereby directed to issue strict instructions to the subordinate staff not to demand 'nikahnama' from any person. In future, such complaints shall not be tolerated and action against supervising officers will also be initiated."
