VIDEO: Punjab police officer beats up rickshaw driver for denying free ride

Author: Afzal Sayal

LAHORE: Punjab police’s uniforms might have been changed by there doesn’t seem to be much hope for a change in their attitude.

Another incident of police brutality surfaced on Monday when a rickshaw driver in Lahore’s Garhi Shahu area was beaten up by a police officer.

The rickshaw driver Arif said that the officers wanted a free ride for a fellow on his rickshaw but when he denied it to them, they resorted to violence.

The police officers then tried to flee the scene but were caught by the citizens.

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