Former members of the Pakistan national cricket team Sohaib Maqsood and Amir Yamin have assailed the Sindh police for extorting bribes from the two cricketers as they were travelling from Karachi to Multan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
Both the cricketers were returning from Karachi after representing Multan Regions in the National T20 Cup, when they encountered the Sindh police on the road.
Sohain Maqsood and Amir Yamin alleged that the law-enforcers stopped them forcefully on their way home and openly demanded bribes.
Sharing their ordeal on the social media, Sohaib and Amir Yamin criticized the Sindh police for their conduct, expressing relief that they didn’t live in Sindh.
“We’re lucky to live in Punjab, not in Sindh. This was my first time travelling from Karachi to Multan by road, and the Sindh police’s corruption is evident,” Sohaib Maqsood stated on X (formerly known as Twitter).
https://twitter.com/sohaibcricketer/status/1729219848230613220
Narrating their experience, Sohaib Maqsood highlighted how the police stopped them repeatedly, asking for money and even threatening them without valid reasons.
“Even after we explained we were international cricketers heading home after our match in Karachi, they still extorted 8000 rupees from us,” Maqsood lamented.
https://twitter.com/sohaibcricketer/status/1729220092687438184
Amir Yamin also voiced same sentiments and even mentioned relevant authorities in his post on social media to bring their attention to the issue.
We are so lucky that we live In Punjab not in Sindh first time in my life I am travelling from Karachi to Multan by Road and sindh police is so corrupt that they stop you after 50 km and ask for money them @SindhPoliceDMC @BBhuttoZardari @faizanlakhani @MuradAliShahPPP
— Amir yamin (@amiryamin54) November 27, 2023
travelling to multan after our match in Karachi they still took 8000 thousand rupees and then let us go it will never happen with you in Punjab or in any other province of Pakistan
— Amir yamin (@amiryamin54) November 27, 2023
At area sakrand police station
or they threat you to go to the police station for no reason if you give them money then they will stop you again after 50 km and ask for money again corruption at it’s peak in sindh police 🙏🏻
— Amir yamin (@amiryamin54) November 27, 2023
We told them that we are international cricketers travelling to multan after our match
Responding to their allegations, Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Riffat Mukhtar took prompt action, directing DIG Shaheed Benazirabad to conduct an urgent investigation into the incident.
The IGP emphasized strict action against those found involved in mistreating the national cricketers.
Following IGP’s order, DIG Shaheed Benazirabad took swift action and arrested four policemen who were involved in the incident.
The SHO Sakrand and another police official were suspended for negligence of duty.