MULTAN: Police booked an imam for creating panic by making hoax earthquake announcements on Monday night. The Lohari Gate station house officer (SHO) told reporters on Tuesday that he was patrolling in Bawa Safra neighbourhood when he heard Imam Hafiz Muhammad Ashraf making announcements on the loudspeaker of another earthquake likely to hit and that people should leave their homes. SHO Muhammad Iqbal said the announcements caused panic in the neighbourhood. The imam was booked under 16 MPO, but he managed to escape arrest, he added.