Sindh police staff captured for coercing cricketer

 

Somewhere around four police staff were captured for supposedly coercing cricketer Sohaib Maqsood in the Sakrand area of Sindh on the orders of Sindh Examiner General Raffat Raja.

On Monday night, Maqsood took to X (previously Twitter) and said that he was come by the police while venturing out from Karachi to Multan by street and was coerced by Sindh Police authorities.

He further composed that the common police is "so bad" and that he is "so fortunate" to live in Punjab.

As per an assertion from Sindh Police, four cops of Sakrand were seen as engaged with the occurrence. The police representative said that lawful move is being initiated against them and that a First Data Report (FIR) has been held up.

The station head official (SHO) of the police headquarters and the main agent have likewise been suspended for carelessness, the press explanation further added.

The cricketer likewise guaranteed in the post that notwithstanding illuminating the police authorities that "we are worldwide cricketers making a trip to Multan after a match in Karachi", the police authorities actually coerced Rs8,000 from them.

Maqsood added that the police had taken steps to take them to the police headquarters in the event that he didn't pay.

IGP Sindh, paying heed to the cricket's quandary in the area, coordinated DIG Shaheed Benazirabad to research the matter right away and present a request report to him.

The occurrence

In his meeting with a confidential Television station, the athlete uncovered that he was going with one more cricketer around 12 PM when he was come by a couple of police officers requesting official reports of the vehicle, two kilometers in front of the cost court in Sindh.

Maqsood added that the officials at first cautioned him of a Rs100,000 punishment for the use of high-pillar lights. To this, the cricketer on TV said: "I informed him that checking papers was not inside their ward, and assuming traffic police were to stop us, they would commonly force a fine of up to Rs2,500."

After this, the cricketer was undermined by them that he would be taken to the police headquarters. "After exchange, we gave him Rs8,000", he remarked and added: "This occurrence terrified us since it was evening and a confined spot."