A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker from Narowal, who was injured after falling from a roof during a police raid at his home, has died while admitted to a hospital.
The PTI district president has also confirmed the worker’s death in his statement, Geo News reported.
The worker’s name was Yasir Malhi, and he was not just a die-hard PTI fan but also a father. His relatives protested against the police brutality in front of the Baddo Malhi police station.
His young son, while talking to the media, said that during the raid, his father had climbed onto the roof of the house, and the police personnel had hit him with a brick on his head.
A video of Yasir’s son has been widely shared on social media, and the child can be seen crying and narrating the whole incident of his father’s fall. He laments that he has been “orphaned”.
Describing the incident, he also detailed that as the police raided their house, his father “ran to save himself. He was followed by a servant. He tripped, and they [police] hit him hard with a brick.”
NL News Alert, a local channel from Narowal, has reported the details. Reporter Rana Muhammad Imran shared the video of the child on TikTok. The text on the viral video also claims that the victim’s family has also pardoned the police, indicating a settlement between them.
The spokesman of the local police representing the District Police Officer, however, said that the police had nothing to do with Yasir’s death.
In another video shared from another TikTok account by the name of Hafiz Shahid Express shared the picture of the deceased. He also posted a video of the victim’s family negotiating with the police and stating that the purpose of the protest was to curb this problem of people getting killed at the hands of the police.
“We request you not to do this kind of injustice from here onwards with anyone else,” a man said to the police officer with the tag of Deputy Superintendant of Police (DSP) on his uniform, who can be seen nodding in affirmation.
In the same video, another person could be heard crying and wailing.
Social media is simultaneously abuzz with the criticism of the Punjab Police and the ongoing crackdown on PTI followers in the light of the upcoming PTI protest on November 24.
