Rafiq Sajid

FOE Link or motive by PPF

Confirmed

Case Update Status

No legal action has been taken in this regard.

Summary of Case

"On May 9, 2023, Allahabad police registered a case against a local reporter of City 49 for covering the protest of PTI workers following former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest. A case was registered against City 49 correspondent Rafiq Sajid in the Allahabad district of Kasur in Punjab where police registered a case against 50 PTI workers. As per Sajid, he had gone to cover the protests when the police registered a case against him mistaking him for a PTI worker. "

Category of Incident

Case Register

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0202 -Acts against liberty

ICCS Group: 02022-Deprivation of liberty

ICCS Class: 020222-Illegal restraint

ICCS Crime: Acts against liberty

Reported By

No media report available

Date of incident

9

Month

May

Year

2023

Name of affected person

Rafiq Sajid

Other affected persons

Not other person affected

Name of affected organization

City 49

Other affected organizations

No other organization was affected

Action by

By the violent mob of workers of PTI.

City

Allahabad

Province

Punjab

Designation

Reporter

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

39

Marital Status

Married

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced

Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: No

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: No

Court where case was presented: Case is not in any court

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case is not in any court

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case is not in any court

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

Not required to contact

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Media Source Status

Media reports:

No media report available

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

Not required to contact

Employer organization

Not required to contact

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Not required to contact

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A