By Aref Musavi
Balkh Police Chief Gen. Sayed Kamal Sadat has claimed that a number of provincial council members are protecting criminals by keeping them at their homes.
He raised the issue at a Balkh police leadership session on Saturday where he said illegal armed men are being protected by a number of Balkh provincial council members – a move that has created fear among the people.
“Those who violate the law claim that they are legislators. They claim that they have been elected by the people. They should protect the people,” Sadat stated.
He added: “Unfortunately I want to say they [some Balkh provincial council members] keep a number of criminals at their homes.”
He said they will make many excuses if asked to send the criminals to be prosecuted.
However, Balkh provincial council rejected the claims and called them baseless.
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