PESHAWAR: Two police officials were removed after the alleged torture on students of Postgraduate College for Nursing, Hayatabad, during a protest rally.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Hayatabad Abid Afridi and Station House Officer Kamran Marwat were removed on Wednesday.Capital City Police Officer Peshawar Mian Saeed Ahmad has already ordered a fact-finding inquiry into the violence at the nursing college.
According to an earlier official order issued on September 8, certain elements allegedly harassed and intimidated the college principal, female staff and faculty members, forcibly closed the college gates from inside and created an atmosphere of fear and disorder.The order stated that police reached the college at the request of the administration to provide protection and maintain law and order.