{
  "id": 4152375,
  "title": "Inquiry ordered as CCTV footage emerges of police's alleged involvement in scuffle in Karachi's DHA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/inquiry-ordered-as-cctv-footage-emerges-of-polices-alleged-4152375",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T08:41:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2025940/inquiry-ordered-as-cctv-footage-emerges-of-polices-alleged-involvement-in-scuffle-in-karachis-dha"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An investigation has been ordered following the emergence of CCTV footage showing police allegedly involved in a scuffle in Karachi's DHA. The video depicts a woman rushing down stairs with a dumbbell and hitting another woman. Two individuals in what appeared to be police uniforms can be seen restraining the woman being assaulted, while another man argues with her. The altercation escalated as the woman with the dumbbell and another man began banging on the door of their home, yelling obscenities. Eventually, a man in a shalwar kameez smashed the CCTV camera using a weapon provided by one of the uniformed individuals. A first information report (FIR) was registered at Darakhshan police station, but the DIG has directed an impartial investigation into the incident.",
  "summary": "KARACHI: The South deputy inspector general (DIG) on Saturday said an investigation had been ordered after a video emerged of police’s alleged involvement in a recent scuffle between two apartment residents in Defence Housing Authority’s (DHA) Phase 6. In the CCTV footage, a woman can be seen rushing down a flight of stairs with a dumbbell in her hand and charging at another woman before using it…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Inquiry ordered as CCTV footage emerges of police's alleged involvement in scuffle in Karachi's DHA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/inquiry-ordered-as-cctv-footage-emerges-of-polices-alleged",
        "published": "2026-08-29T08:41:08.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}