Arya News - According to police sources, council worker Fida Hussain was culling stray dogs and had eliminated two animals in the village, when a landlord, Shamoon Jatoi, along with Abid Ali Bhatti, Bilal Baloch, Majid, and two unidentified armed men, confronted him.
SAHIWAL – A district council employee was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by a landlord and his five accomplices during a stray dog culling drive at Chak 72/4-R on Saturday.
According to police sources, council worker Fida Hussain was culling stray dogs and had eliminated two animals in the village, when a landlord, Shamoon Jatoi, along with Abid Ali Bhatti, Bilal Baloch, Majid, and two unidentified armed men, confronted him.
Objecting to dog culling, they said it was cruelty and an anti-animal act.
After heated arguments with the employee, they allegedly kidnapped him, took him to their outhouse, locked him in a room, tortured him, and snatched his mobile phone.
Some locals, who witnessed the incident, alerted the police on the 15 emergency helpline.
Responding to the call, a police team conducted a raid on the outhouse, rescued Fida, and arrested three of the suspects, while the remaining fled the scene.
Fateh Sher police registered a case under sections 186, 342, 353, 506, 149, 379, and 148 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of district council Enforcement Inspector Muhammad Ziarat.