Police firing kills one in Draban; SHO denies

Police firing kills one in Draban; SHO denies.        http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/198759/
 December 24, 2012
Farooq Mehsud
D.I.Khan: residents of Draban locality claimed that one person was killed and two other sustained serious injuries as result of police firing over a mob near Draban police station on Sunday.
It happened when a resident identified as Atta Ur Rehman was taken into custody in the police station which resulted in the annoyance of the locals who came to release their kinsman from the custody of the police.
The local resident of the area accused that police opened indiscriminate fire over the innocent locals which resulted in injuring three people identified as Umar Hayath, Shoaib and Sajid. Umar Hayat was rushed to District Headquarter Hospital D.I.Khan in critical conditions.
Where he was referred to Multan, but he succumbed to his injuries on the way.
When contacted on telephone, SHO, Police Station Draban, Alamgir Khan, told The Frontier post
That he along with his staff was digging ground for constructing of a protection wall near Police Station when a local Atta-u-Rehman hit him with his motorbike which threw him in the trench .
"When I stand up, Atta- u-Rehman caught hold of my collar and starting abusing me" SHO alleged.
He added that the police staff took him inside the police station and the people present at the bus stand poured into the police station while stoning over the police personnel.
The police opened fire over the mob and threw tear gas shells over them.
SHO Alamgir rejected the blame of the local people that a person was killed in the firing of Police, adding that no such report was received to the Police Station Draban. DPO D.I.Khan, Sohail Khalid came to Daraban Police Station, and cool down the situation issuing orders of suspension of the accused SHO and constituted a four members committee to inquire the incident.