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| Ex-nazim, 5 others held for attack on Lachi police |
| 2011-08-05 |
| [Dawn] A local court here on Wednesday remanded former union council nazim ...small time big shot, the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council... of Lachi tehsil and his five supporters in police custody for two days for attacking the cop shoppe. The ex-nazim, Fawad Khan, and his relative Sohail had forcibly entered the Lachi cop shoppe to get his relative released after he was incarcerated on unspecified charges late on Tuesday night. According to reports, they had also exchanged hot words with the station house officer and other coppers and resorted to firing in the air. Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... the people of the area surrounded the cop shoppe and pelted stones at the police as a result of which SHO Khanullah and two coppers received injuries. Some accused in the police lockup also got injured in the fighting. The protesters later blocked the Indus Highway and demanded the release of the suspect Hidayatullah. The police overpowered them and incarcerated Fawad, Manzoor, Waseem, Faisal, Abid and Nazeer for interfering in police affairs, firing, beating coppers and blocking the Indus Highway. The elders of the area reached the cop shoppe and initiated talks with the coppers for the release of the nazim and his men, who are said to be influential landlords of the area. The negotiations continued for several hours, but the police high ups ordered that the accused should be incarcerated and proper FIR lodged against them. Later, the police registered cases against several people who had blocked the highway and raids were being conducted for their arrest. |
| Posted by:Fred |