SAHIWAL: Regional Police Officer (RPO) Tayyab Haseeb Cheema on Friday got Dal Varyam stadon house ofhcer (SHO) arrested after charges of corrupdon, threatening a complainant and misusing authority were proved against him.

According to sources in RPO of fice, a woman complainant from 98/D village lodged a written comphant against the highhandedness of Dal Varyam SHO Muhammad Husnain for misusing his authority and demanding bribe for resolving a dacoity-cum-murder case.

The sources said there were also dozens of other complaints against the SHO`s corruption and highhandedness.

They said taking notice of the complaints, the RPO ordered an inquirythat proved the allegations against the SHO true.

The RPO then directed Dal Varyam police to register a case against their own SHO, arrest him and put him in the lock-up of the police station.

Accordingly, the police arrested the SHO when he was in his office and put him in the lock-up after registering a case against him.

BODY FOUND: Rescue 1122 teams retrieved the body of an unidentified man from the Lower Bari Doab Canal on Friday.

The Rescue 1122 sources says their staff was informed by locals that a body was stuck in the bushes along the left bank of the canal.

Acting on the information, Rescue 1122 staff retrieved the body from the canal and shifted it to Chichawatni Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for identification.