ISLAMABAD – The chief security officer (CSO) of the US embassy was arrestedon Tuesday by the Kohsar police for alleged abetment in a crime, assaultingand harassing law enforcers.
The Kohsar police arrested Syed Taimoor Iqbal from the parking area of thedistrict and sessions court Islamabad as he had allegedly threatened andassaulted the police officials besides assisting a US diplomat, escape frompolice custody after a fatal traffic accident.
US Defence and Air Attaché Col Joseph Emanuel ran the red light on MargallaRoad last month and hit two young motorcyclists۔ One of them died while hispillion rider was injured.
Iqbal reached the spot and threatened the police officials for holding thediplomat. Besides, he also put up resistance against the police to help thediplomat escape, said the police.
Inspector Arshad Ali, the investigating officer of the case, told a leadingpublication that the victim’s father had lodged a complaint with the policeagainst the CSO.
Syed Taimoor Iqbal not only intervened in the accident involving JosephEmanuel but also rescued Chad Rex Auburn, US embassy’s Second Secretary,who rammed into a motorcyclist and injured him, last month.
However, the traffic police had declared that that accident happened due tothe fault of the motorcyclist.
According to the FIR lodged after the incident, Iqbal misbehaved withpolice after the accident and attacked Abdul Sattar, the Station HouseOfficer who became a complainant and stated that US embassy official triedto resist police from shifting the car and its driver to the station.