Pakistan: School student found dead in Peshawar police lock-up

This happened a few days after a student from Bannu was shot dead by the cops in the limits of the Faqirabad Police Station, reports The News International.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Governor Shah Farman, while taking notice of the incident, directed the Inspector General of Police to conduct an inquiry and submit a report on the death of the young student, the newspaper reported.

The chief minister also ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident, reported the newspaper.

Police, however, claimed that the class-7 student, who was identified as Shahzeb, ommitted suicide in the lock-up after he was arrested following a clash with shopkeepers in Liaqat Bazaar and pointing a gun at them.

The spokesman for the Peshawar Police told The News International the deceased was arrested by the cops of the West Cantonment Police Station after the clash and a case was lodged against him under 15 AA.

"The boy later committed suicide in the lock-up by strangulating himself," said the official.

The deceased teen's father claimed his son was tortured to death.

"My son was a brilliant student of class 7 who stood second in class in the last exams. I received a call from the police station that your son has been arrested. When I came to the police station, I was told Shahzeb had committed suicide in the lock-up," the father of the deceased student, Khayal Akbar of Warsak Road in Peshawar, told the newspaper.