Ghulam Nabi Memon, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for Sindh, took notice after recordings purportedly showing aerial gunfire from the son of a senior Karachi police officer appeared on Thursday.
Social internet videos purportedly showed the son of Karachi East Deputy Inspector General of Police Azfar Mahesar driving a luxurious car and shooting a pistol and rifle into the air. There were also allegedly officers visible in one of these videos.
On social media, video of the purported incidents went viral.
According to a statement released by the Sindh police today, IGP Memon gave the go-ahead for a probe into the DIG East and instructed the extra IGP in Karachi to conduct it.
The statement further stated that after the investigation was finished, departmental action would be taken. It stated that part of the investigation would look at whether or not the weapons used in the incident were authorized by the government.
IGP Memon pledged that “nobody will be allowed to spread fear and chaos like this.”
DIG Mahesar, meanwhile, claimed to Dawn.com that the tapes had been “edited” and that he was looking into the situation.
Sindh prohibits aerial firing, and on February 28, police reported that they had detained two college students for their alleged involvement in aerial firing on Seaview.
According to what they had stated, at around ten in the morning, students from several educational institutions congregated in DHA Phase VIII, where some of them engaged in aerial firing with automatic weapons.
According to the authorities, it is strictly forbidden to flaunt firearms or fire from the air. The students’ use of fire had caused panic and dread in the crowd.
