DSP found errant in probe, faces shoplifting charges.

Byline: Mohammad Hussain Khan

HYDERABAD -- While disciplinary action against a DSP and an SHO has been recommended by a three-member inquiry committee, another inquiry has been ordered by Hyderabad AIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo against the DSP, Faheem Farooqui, regarding two clips, that had gone viral on the social media, showing him committing theft.

The fresh inquiry was ordered on Hyderabad SSP's report.

A three-member team comprising Sujawal SP Suhai Aziz Talpur, ASP Aneel Hyder and inspector Siraj Lashari had conducted the previous inquiry that was ordered in May by Hyderabad DIG Naeem Shaikh after an audio clip of DSP (perhaps a monologue) went viral on the social media and different WhatsApp groups.

The DSP was heard in his audio expressing his grievances against the then Pinyari SHO, Niaz Panhwar, and to some extent Hyderabad SSP for police failure to control sale of contraband mainpuri and gutka. He perhaps tried to show as if he was talking to AIG Thebo. Later, the AIG had demoted Inspector Niaz Panhwar to the rank of sub-inspector. The DSP was not punished; rather he was transferred to the AIG's office.

The AIG recently posted the DSP as the SDPO of Chhalgari while Niaz Panhwar was posted in Jamshoro.

The SP Suhai-led inquiry committee, according to police sources, recommended departmental action against the DSP for using an informal channel to give vent to his feelings or expressing his grievances. It was concluded that the DSP had bypassed police hierarchy to present his complaint against the SHO.

It was learnt that a separate inquiry has been recommended to determine which 'illegal' orders of the DSP were disobeyed by SHO Panhwar.

Panhwar had told the probe team that he was being asked by the DSP to obey his illegal orders. Action has, however, been recommended against him for disobeying the DSP.

Another factor, sources said, came to fore that the DSP made a post-dated entry against the SHO which pertained to an FIR. 'The FIR was registered later but an entry in the relevant police register was mentioned by the DSP prior to its registration. This fact came to the fore during another ongoing inquiry against reader of Pinyari police station by ASP [Aneel Hyder],' said a source.

Speaking to Dawn on Wednesday, the DSP claimed he had been exonerated in the inquiry. 'I have the inquiry report,' said DSP Farooqui when contacted...