Police Sew Prisoner's Mouth Shut
 

Police Accused Of Sewing Prisoner's Lips Shut

Seven Pakistani officers are fired after reports

Multan, Pakistan - Seven Pakistani police officers have been fired after media reports that they sewed shut a prisoner’s lips to stop him from shouting insults at them, an official said on Saturday.

A deputy inspector-general of police, Malik Mohammed Iqbal, said he fired the officers Saturday after receiving a report about the alleged incident Thursday at a lockup in Vehari town, about 60 miles east of the city of Multan.

However, Iqbal said it was “yet to be determined who actually sewed the lips of the prisoner,” whom he identified as Mohammed Hussain.