SKARDU, June 25: Deputy Commissioner Skardu Raja Fazal Khalique was beaten up by villagers in the Chomik area yesterday in the absence of police officials.
According to details printed in the regional press, the DC had gone to the construction site of a mosque in Chomik over which there is a dispute. The DC, reportedly, ordered the people to stop working on the site which led to an exchange of hot words and as a result a number of locals people there beat him up.
Fazal, a resident of Chitral, later told the media that the police did not listen to him and he was thrashed by the mob in their absence. He also complained about his teeth being damaged and bleeding from his mouth.
The DC has not sustained major injuries. The police, however, maintained that the DC had gone to the site without informing them.–Pamir Times