LAHORE: World and Asian Beneath-21 snooker champion Ahsan Ramzan was allegedly detained by the Punjab police.
Based on a video message shared by Ahsan, the police raided the snooker academy for coaching late into the evening and took the champion participant to the police station.
Ahsan has demanded a whole inquiry from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Inspector Basic of Police Usman Anwar.
The snooker champion in his video assertion recounted that he was with different gamers coaching for upcoming occasions at a snooker academy within the Township space when cops from Inexperienced City Police Station raided the snooker membership for maintaining it open until late at evening.
Upon Ahsan’s introduction and subsequent refusal to shut the membership, the police allegedly took him to the police station, refusing to hearken to dwelling.
They took his cell phone and belt and locked him up. Ahsan was taken out of custody after his shut buddy reached the police station.
Ahsan, who gained the titles of World and Asian Champion not too long ago, cried whereas narrating the incident.
Footage of the world champion placing on his belt may be seen outdoors the jail.
Within the video, he stated that he advised the policemen that he was the world champion. They responded: “You have got finished that for your self.”
He added: “I’ve all the time tried to uplift my nation, and I used to be profitable, however what did I do know that I can be humiliated in my very own nation?”
He additional remarked that it appeared to him that snooker was the one recreation on this nation that gave the impression to be handled as an “orphan” and was uncared for.