Pakistan: Islamia college Bahawalpur workers held for possessing medicine, obscene movies of girls

On Saturday, July 22, the Baghdadul Jadid Police in Bahawalpur City of Punjab, Pakistan arrested officers of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) for possessing medicine, objectionable movies and pictures of IUB feminine college students and ladies workers members. The Police stated {that a} group of the IUB lecturers had been concerned within the drug peddling and sexual exploitation of feminine college students and different lecturers.

According to the native experiences, the incident got here to the fore on June 28 when a automobile was stopped at a police checkpoint in Baghdadul Jadid. The automobile driver tried to show round when he noticed the cops, however the police caught him on the spot. On examination of the car, the police found aphrodisiacs and 10 g of ice in his possession. The driver recognized himself as IUB Chief Security Officer Syed Ejaz Hussain Shah. 

The metropolis police then registered a case underneath Section 9(2)1 of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 and started an investigation into the case. The police within the FIR talked about that the accused had two cellphones and each contained a number of derogatory movies of girls in them. During interrogation, Shah, a retired military main confessed that the objectionable photos and the movies had been of the officers of IUB’s numerous departments and lady college students.

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This man is Islamia University Bahawalpur Chief Security Officer Major Ijaz Shah. This gentleman has been posted as Chief Security in Islamia University for about 7 years.
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Baghdadul Jadid SHO Abid Hamid whereas speaking to the Dawn said that the automobile of the accused individual was searched on intelligence-based info. The police additionally seized the medicine and the cellphones which contained the derogatory movies of the ladies. “The police are active to eliminate drug peddlers from educational institutions,” the officer was quoted as saying.

Later on final Friday, July 22 the Police are stated to have performed raids on the University to arrest two different officers on comparable prices. The different two arrested individuals have been recognized as Finance Director Abu Bakar and Transport Incharge Muhammad Altaf. The two in the course of the investigation additionally confirmed that they had been in possession of medication and derogatory movies of college ladies. The two had been additionally booked and arrested by the police underneath Section 9(2)1 of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997.

According to a particular evaluation by the police, the three officers detained on drug-related prices had been additionally engaged in extortion and the sexual exploitation of college school and workers.

“The treasurer confessed that he along with a group of other teachers would purchase and distribute drugs through students and plan dance/sex parties,” the preliminary investigation report prompt.

The police additional found that the “group of teachers” would kidnap women, use them as bargaining chips, and implicate them of utilizing narcotics (ice, alcohol, and charas [hashish]) and that he was committing these crimes with the help of the IUB safety chief.

The investigative crew recognized youngsters for “supplying and buying drugs” after analyzing his mobile phone. 11 college college students had been discovered to have felony information and be engaged in drug dealing after an inquiry. Screenshots of “objectionable pictures of the women and communication regarding the sale and purchase of drugs” had been likewise included within the investigation report.

While a number of experiences declare that the police seized telephones having round 400 obscene movies, others say that the cellphone contained round 5000 movies of girls from the University.

The University however has known as instances in opposition to the officers bogus and has requested the police to research into the arrest of the officers. “IUB is following zero tolerance policy for the use of contraband drugs as well as sexual harassment or exploitation,” Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Athar Mehboob stated in a letter written to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar final week.

The IUB authorized advisor additionally has requested the police chief to restructure the investigation crew in a separate letter to the IGP. In addition, he requested that the Lahore High Court chief choose order a judicial inquiry because the college was the ‘target’ of the proceedings.

Meanwhile, a committee has been established by the secretary of the south Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) to look into the cost filed in opposition to the chief safety officer for “carrying/using the contraband substance” and alleged discovery of inappropriate knowledge from his mobile phone. The report is due in three days, per the secretary’s request.