Shocking footage has emerged of more than 40 police officers and a force helicopter swarming around a Muslim family home in Glasgow over a complaint of a dog biting another in a street.
The Daily Record reports that a dog squad was also rushed to the Khan family residence. The incident escalated after two police constables called at the house in Cambuslang to talk to the dog’s owner, Omar Khan, who wasn’t even in.
Within 10 minutes, dozens of officers arrived and unknown to the police, the massive deployment was caught on the family’s personal CCTV.
The staggering footage shows a steady stream of officers filing in to their drive in a response sharply contrasting with Police Scotland’s handling of more serious cases.
Three of Omar’s brothers, Imran, 32, Yusuf, 33, and Sheban, 29, were handcuffed and arrested during the dog-related incident last December.
After an anxious four-month wait, all charges against them have been dropped and the family have now lodged an official complaint with Police Scotland.
The Khans claim they were subjected to racism, assault and harrasment, alleging that Imran was called a black b*****d by the constable who arrested him.
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Imran, was handcuffed, with the constable then dragging him out of the house and pinning him to the ground. He had only been released home from hospital, an hour earlier, following a suspected heart attack.
He said:”I had never even had so much as a punishment exercise at school, never mind any trouble with the police and yet I was dragged out of my home like a criminal. I spent a night in the cells and as long as I live, I will always be traumatised by what happened.
“Within minutes, there were so many police. They were just rushing in. I had never seen so many police in my life. There are so many crimes happening in Scotland, rapes and murders, yet so much police time, money and effort was allowed to be wasted over allegations of a dog biting a dog. It is disgusting.”
Aamer Anwar, the lawyer acting for Yusuf and Imran, said the male officer had sparked an “over the top “ reaction and the two officers had barged into the Khan home illegally.
He said: “In all my years of practising I have never seen such CCTV footage. Dozens of officers stormed into the Khan’s home in response to a panic alarm being activated. Normally members of the public are lucky if a police will attend several days later.
“My client Imran Khan was held on the ground in the prone position whilst the officer aggressively wielded his taser in the direction of the female family members. The other two accused are then seen calmly speaking with officers who attended, yet despite this, they were also arrested.”
