Scuffle in Karachi's DHA: Fresh case registered after inquiry report finds first FIR unsubstantiated

Scuffle in Karachi's DHA: Fresh case registered after inquiry report finds first FIR unsubstantiated.

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• Imtiaz Ali Published September 6, 2026 Updated September 6, 2026 03: 07pm.
• Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field.
• The report additionally stated the first FIR should be disposed of, and subsequently, another was registered at the Darakhan police station on September 5.
• In the second FIR, a copy of which is available with Dawn, the complainant remarked she was a resident of a third-floor apartment in DHA, Phase 6.
• It identified the police authorities visible in the CCTV footage as constables Saqib and Haider Sultan.

Imtiaz Ali Published September 6, 2026 Updated September 6, 2026 03: 07pm. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

KARACHI: A resident of Karachi's Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has sought action against her neighbours and police personnel for allegedly beating her in a fresh case registered in connection with a scuffle outside her apartment last month, it emerged on Sunday.

Notably, the matter came to light when the CCTV footage of the physical altercation at an apartment building in DHA's Phase 6 surfaced on social media last week. The footage indicated police office-holders restraining a woman as another woman with a dumbbell attacked her.

Nevertheless, the initial first information report of the incident was registered against the woman who was assaulted and her brother. According to But an inquiry report afterwards, the allegations in the FIR were "not substantiated" by the findings and additionally recommended departmental action against police office-holders involved in the incident.

Meanwhile, the report additionally stated the first FIR should be disposed of, and subsequently, another was registered at the Darakhan police station on September 5.

For context, the FIR quoted her as saying that on August 20 at 11: 45pm, she was at her house with her brother and mother when a police officer rang the apartment's doorbell and informed her that her neighbour was calling them to the ground floor.

Shortly after, the complainant continued, her neighbour came upstairs while hurling curses and began banging on the door. "When I opened the door, she dragged me by the hair, snatched my phone, and threw it down, " she alleged.

"When my mother came out, she grabbed her by the hair as well and beat her, " the complainant asserted, adding that her neighbour then pinned her to a wall.

In practice, the neighbour then went to her apartment and came back with her daughter and some police authorities and "attempted to take away our phones, and her daughter, who was carrying a dumbbell, hit us", she alleged.

According to She further, she, along with her family, ran inside the house and called the police. "Meanwhile, the police officials outside broke the CCTV camera and later, the Darakshan police broke into our house and took my and my brother's cellphones away, " the FIR remarked.

For context, the complainant sought action against the suspects for "beating me, stealing our mobile phones and damaging the security camera".

For context, the case was registered under Sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148(rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 379 (punishment for theft), 427(mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), and 337A(I) (whoever, by doing any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is probable thereby to cause hurt to any person) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

In the CCTV footage of the incident, 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 to hit her.

Notably, the video additionally demonstrated two individuals in what appeared to be police uniforms restraining the woman being assaulted, and a man who came up the stairs shortly after and began arguing with the woman with the dumbbell.

After which the woman with a dumbbell and another man began banging on their door and yelling obscenities, at one point, the man and woman being assaulted managed to go inside what appeared to be their home.

At the end, a man in a shalwar kameez was seen using a weapon, provided by one of the individuals in uniform, to smash the CCTV camera.

For context, an inquiry report, which was issued on Friday, discovered that the incident was sparked by a parking dispute between the mother-in-law of Korangi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fida Hussain Janwari and another resident.

It identified the police authorities visible in the CCTV footage as constables Saqib and Haider Sultan. While the official who handed over his weapon for this purpose was Constable Amir Sohail, it further continued that the plainclothes man who destroyed the CCTV camera in the footage was Constable Taimoor Ahmed.

"All were detailed for duty at the private bungalow of the Korangi SSP, " it remarked, adding that strict departmental action should be taken against them.

According to It further, the on-the-spot arrests in the case without justifiable evidence by Darakshan Station House Officer Rashid Ali and Assistant Sub-inspector Aftab Mangi were not justifiable and spoke of the office-holders' "tilt towards the aggressive party".

It remarked that the investigating officer, identified as Sub Inspector Imran, additionally undertook "no serious efforts" to collect evidence and did not independently apply his mind to investigate the case.

"Hence, all three officials of District South are recommended to be strictly proceeded against departmentally for miscarriage of justice, " it remarked.

According to It further, the "lapse of supervision and lack of control over his subordinates is evident on the part of the Korangi SSP". It pressed examining his overall conduct in light of Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 2020 and to take further action in this regard.

According to The report additionally, an FIR should be registered against the SSP's mother-in-law and her daughter and son, as well as the police authorities present at the time of the incident, while the "victim family shall be encouraged to initiate legal action at free will against them".

Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field. His reporting portfolio encompasses crime, politics, and the provincial legislature, alongside coverage of the courts, administration affairs, and the health sector.

Taken together, the developments around scuffle in Karachi' s DHA: Fresh case registered after inquiry report finds first point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.