A man along with accomplices beaten citizen and traffic cop after brawl over taking illegal parking fee in Saddar area of Karachi. A case has been lodged against accused for seeking illegal parking fees.
Police said the case was lodged by the traffic police official at the Preedy Police Station over the incident that took place on Friday at the Bohri Bazaar near Abdullah Haroon road.
As per the first information report (FIR), the suspect seeking illegal parking fee started fighting with the cop, upon the latter’s intervention in the brawl that broke out over unlawful parking fee. Illegal parking is affecting traffic flow in Saddar, it added.
A video of the incident has also surfaced wherein it was claimed that upon a citizen’s refusal to pay illegal parking fees, the suspect collecting the fee gathered other accomplices and beat him. When the police official tried to intervene, he was also thrashed by the goons.
Police said action was being taken against the other suspects involved in the incident as well.
The private persons collecting parking fees charge their desired amount from Rs30 to Rs150 for a bike and Rs100 to Rs300 for a car, as the Eidul Fitr is just around the corner.
