S A H I W A L : Chichawatni SHO Jawad Waseem has been arrested and suspended from service for being involved in gambling and hooliganism.

He has been booked under FIR 570/22 on the complaint of Majid Ishtiaq, the Saddar police sub-inspector, under section 427 of PPC, sections 5 and 7 of The Punjab Prevention of Gambling Ordinance 1978, sections 4 & 11 of the Prohibition (Enforcement of Had) order 1979 and section 29-D of The Telegraph Act 1885.

Reports say the city police station mobile van received a call from the SHO at Ghani Chowk around 2am that two men were looting valuables at his house at Garden Town. SI MuhammadRiaz, along with his team, rushed to the house and arrested Nadeem Akram, a resident of Kasowal, and Zeeshan Al(bar, a resident of 112/12-L, Chichawatni.

The raiding party discovered that the three men including the SHO were under the influence and involved in gambling.

Police found cards, gambling money and three mobile phones.

They also found outside the SHO`s house a car (AAC-546) whose wind and rear screens were broken.

The SHO after losing Rs100,000 in gambling broke the screens of his friend`s car and abused him.

DPO Sadiq Baloch directed police to arrest Waseem for bringing a bad name to the force. He has appointed Mian Zaman Watoo as new SHO.