{"id":29293,"date":"2023-11-28T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sindh-police-personnel-arrested-for-extorting-cricketer-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:41:06","slug":"sindh-police-personnel-arrested-for-extorting-cricketer-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sindh-police-personnel-arrested-for-extorting-cricketer-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh police personnel arrested for extorting cricketer | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least four police personnel were arrested for allegedly extorting cricketer\u00a0Sohaib Maqsood in the Sakrand area of Sindh on the directives of\u00a0<\/span>Sindh Inspector General Raffat Raja.<\/p>\n

On Monday night, Maqsood took to\u00a0X (formerly Twitter) and\u00a0said that he was stopped by the police while travelling from Karachi to Multan by road and was extorted by Sindh Police officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He further wrote that the provincial police is “so corrupt” and\u00a0that he is \u201cso lucky\u201d to live in Punjab.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sohaib Maqsood (@sohaibcricketer) November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

According to a statement from Sindh Police, four policemen of Sakrand were found involved in the incident. The police spokesperson said that legal action is being taken against them and that a First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged.<\/span><\/p>\n

The station head officer (SHO) of the police station and the chief clerk have also been suspended for negligence, the press statement further added.<\/p>\n

The cricketer also claimed in the post that despite informing the police officials that \u201cwe are international cricketers travelling to Multan after a match in Karachi\u201d, the police officials still extorted Rs8,000 from them.<\/p>\n

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money then they will stop you again after 50 km and ask for money again corruption at it\u2019s peak in sindh police \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb
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 it will<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sohaib Maqsood (@sohaibcricketer) November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Maqsood added that the police had threatened to take them to the police station if he did not pay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read <\/strong>Police, judiciary top most corrupt in Pakistan: survey<\/a><\/p>\n

IGP Sindh, taking notice of the cricket\u2019s predicament in the province, directed DIG Shaheed Benazirabad to investigate the matter immediately and submit an inquiry report to him.<\/span>
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\u2014 Sindh Police (@SindhPoliceDMC) November 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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In his interview with a private TV channel, the sportsman\u00a0revealed that he was travelling with another cricketer around midnight when he was stopped by a pair of policemen demanding official documents of the vehicle, two kilometres ahead of the toll plaza in Sindh.<\/p>\n

Maqsood added that the officers initially warned him of a Rs100,000 penalty for the usage of high-beam lights. To this, the cricketer on television said: \u201cI informed him that checking papers was not within their jurisdiction, and if traffic police were to stop us, they would typically impose a fine of up to Rs2,500.\u201d<\/p>\n

After this, the cricketer was threatened by them that he would be taken to the police station. \u201cAfter negotiation, we gave him Rs8,000\u201d, he commented and added: \u201cThis incident frightened us since it was nighttime and an isolated place.\u201d<\/span>
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