Salahuddin Ayubi’s custodial killing has shaken our conscience, once again, until it goes back to sleep again.
His video, sticking tongue out to the CCTV camera, went viral across social media. His cheeky act was shared in a humorous context, which later got him arrested on August 30th. However, the Punjab police’s conventional interrogation style killed him.
His father verified that he was mentally disabled.
“My son had been suffering from mental illness since childhood,” Afzaal said. He said Salahuddin was admitted to a mental institute in Chaman for a year and a half but there was no improvement in his health. “We had written our house address on his arm, because his mind didn’t work properly,” victim’s father Afzaal revealed while talking to media.
The skin inside his right arm was burnt, either with electrocution or iron and there were big wounds on his left arm, which had been stitched up,” the grieving father added, saying the physical assault became the cause of Salahuddin’s death.
“One of his eyes was black and swollen, his hands and fingers were discoloured like they have been tied with ropes,”
Notably, the main suspects included in victim’s custodial death are City A-Division’s SHO Mehmoodul Hassan and investigation officers Sub-Inspector Shafaat Ali and Assistant Sub-Inspector Matloob Hussain. Other than that, the policemen who were on duty when Salahuddin died have also been named in the FIR.
The indifferent behaviour of authorities and the silence of Punjab’s Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has displeased the social media community, who have taken to social media, taking pictures posing like Salahudin to record their protest.
Time to protest against the silence of Chief Minister and the Lies of IG PUNJAB Bcz we all are Salahuddin- chief minister @UsmanAKBuzdar can u hear us? #IamSalahuddin pic.twitter.com/6v2MAcmpdD
— Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) September 5, 2019
He was only mentally abnormal, had no heart issues. It was a simple case of police brutality and justice should be served ASAP.#IamSalahuddin
pic.twitter.com/EhNQFCuILE— ⤾ (@Jhelum) September 5, 2019
#IamSalahuddin
We want justice for salahuddin.
Kindly Support @FarhanKVirk Campaign Justice for #Salahuddin to help salahuddin’s father for Justice and Humanity & Be part of protest against this corrupt system of police. Today 5 pm in front of Press club, Islamabad. InShaAllah pic.twitter.com/JLuJUzUS68— Khursheed Ahmed Abbasi (@KhurshidAbbasii) September 5, 2019
