Easter celebrations turn violent as three wounded in squabble with guards of Peshawar's Chacha Younus Park

Thinking it odd that Sikhs were celebrating Easter, the guards began questioning a group of friends

PESHAWAR: The Easter celebrations for a group of friends turned violent due to a squabble with the guards of Peshawar’s Chacha Younus Family Park, resulting in three of them being severely injured.

A Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police official confirmed to The Express Tribune that an FIR had been lodged against the guards for wounding three—one Christian, one Sikh boy and a Sikh girl. The guards, currently under arrest, have confessed to beating the group of friends. According to the official, the guards reacted because they “thought it odd that Sikhs were celebrating Easter.”

Speaking to The Express Tribune, one of the boys, Shahmeel, said he and his two other Christian friends headed to the park with their Sikh friends for Easter celebrations on Monday night when the guards stopped the girls at the entrance. He claimed they objected that taking girlfriends to the park was prohibited.

The boys got enraged when the guards questioned their relationship, he added. “They attacked us which dislocated my friend’s elbow and a blow to my head.”