“I am a victim of police brutality”, claims Dr Masood Khalid from Azam Kashmir.

On the night of 7 July 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., my life changed forever.

My name is Dr Masood Khalid, and I am a victim of police brutality.

That night, I was asleep with my wife, my seven-year-old son, and my two young daughters, aged approximately five years and eight months, when around 35 to 40 police officers, most of whom had their faces covered, climbed the walls of my home and forcibly entered.

They came directly to my bedroom, woke me from my sleep, and without asking a single question, began assaulting me. They punched me, slapped me, kicked me, and beat me with batons. Throughout the ordeal, I repeatedly asked only one question:

"I am Dr Masood. What is my crime? What offence have I committed?"

Instead of answering, they continued to abuse me verbally, insulted my late parents, dragged me from my bed, forced me outside, threw me into a police vehicle, and continued beating me there.

Although most of the officers had covered their faces, I recognised SHO Mehtab Aslam and ASI Zohaib Shah of the Sehnsa Police Station.

The officers also pushed my wife and children, verbally abused them, pointed firearms at us, and threatened to kill us.

They vandalised my home, smashing furniture, damaging our solar power system, destroying the refrigerator, and even breaking my innocent children's toys.

What exactly was my crime?

What offence had my innocent children committed that they should be subjected to such cruelty?

Today, my entire family is suffering from severe physical and psychological trauma. Fear is now visible in the innocent eyes of my children, and our lives have been changed forever.

Throughout my life, I have respected the law. Not only have I never been charged with any criminal offence, but I have not even been issued a traffic violation.

I demand justice for this brutal, inhumane, and unlawful conduct by the Sehnsa Police.

I appeal to the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chaudhry Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, and all other relevant authorities to order an independent and impartial investigation into this incident, ensure that those responsible are held accountable in accordance with the law, and provide justice to me and my family.

My name is Dr Masood Khalid, and I am a victim of police brutality. Justice is my right.

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