Police to investigate complaint of beating

POLICE yesterday promised to investigate allegations that immigration officers had beaten up the Egyptian husband of a local woman on Thursday afternoon.

Kyriaki Charalambous, from Dhenia village, complained to police that her husband, Lotfy Nashat Monir, had been assaulted by immigration officers at a friend’s home in Kaimakli, Nicosia.

According to Charalambous’ complaint, the officers began hitting Monir after asking him for his particulars. Her husband had to be admitted to Nicosia General hospital for treatment to his injuries, Charalambous claimed.

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