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PAKISTAN: Police severed a young man's penis during torture
The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information about a horrific case in which a 24-year-old young man, Mr. Hazoor Buksh Malik, was severely assaulted on his penis while being tortured by the Station Head Officer (SHO) of the Market police station in Larkana District, Sindh Province, Pakistan, on 25 January 2007. The victim had been arrested by the Market police on the charges of being without his national identity card on January 22. The victim is now warded in a hospital under police custody. It is alleged that police officers of Larkana District are threatening the victim, demanding him to change the story of the incident before the inquiry committee and claim that he severed his own penis in an attempt to commit suicide. Meanwhile, the police also filed an attempted suicide case against the victim to cover up the incident. The victim's genitals are being kept in the store room of the Market police station allegedly for further investigation. The local people, however, claim that the police is doing so in order to demonstrate its terror and instill fear in the people.