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Pak's first Sikh police officer thrashed, forcibly evicted from his house, says report

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Pakistan's first Sikh police officer has claimed that he was forcibly evicted from his house here village along with his children and wife, following a property dispute with the government.

Gulab Singh Shaheen in a video said that on Tuesday that he was evicted by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), the parent body of Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) from his house in Lahore's Dera Chahal which is situated about 28 kilometres from Lahore, Daily Pakistan reported.

"My turban was forced open and hair was untied," Singh said in one of the videos he shared on Facebook, reports PTI.

In a video, Singh can be seen pleading to police to give him "at least 10 minutes" to be in the place where they have been staying since 1947.

Singh, later, told the media that ETPB secretary Tariq Wazir thrashed him.

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