Ticketing: Police-students clash causes traffic jam
Police, students accuse each other of inappropriate behavior.
LAHORE:
Traffic remained suspended on Lower Mall for more than an hour after six traffic wardens and eight students from the Govt Islamia College on Friday.
Police said that two students wanted the wardens to help stop the traffic. When the wardens refused, the police said, the students beat the wardens.
This led to a scuffle among the four.
They said that more wardens from a nearby picket rushed to resolve the matter. Police said that Abbas and Sajjad called for help and six other IJT members joined the fight.
A few minutes later, some senior police officials reached the scene and pacified both sides.
Hundreds of students of the Govt Islamia College then protested against the police at the chowk.
The traffic was resumed after senior police officials assured the protesting students of appropriate action against the officials found responsible.
Ahmad Shaheen, an IJT spokesman, told The Express Tribune that the two students had neither misbehaved, nor demanded that the wardens stop the traffic.
He said they had been stopped for using mobile phone while driving.
“They apologised and requested that they be let go as they were students, but they did not listen.”
He said the policemen at a nearby picket had intervened for no reason and abused the students.
This led to a fight.
He said one of the students then called some fellow students for help.
He said the students were not treated fairly. He said they were left with no choice but to protest against the unprofessional and rude behaviour of the police.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2011.
Traffic remained suspended on Lower Mall for more than an hour after six traffic wardens and eight students from the Govt Islamia College on Friday.
Police said that two students wanted the wardens to help stop the traffic. When the wardens refused, the police said, the students beat the wardens.
This led to a scuffle among the four.
They said that more wardens from a nearby picket rushed to resolve the matter. Police said that Abbas and Sajjad called for help and six other IJT members joined the fight.
A few minutes later, some senior police officials reached the scene and pacified both sides.
Hundreds of students of the Govt Islamia College then protested against the police at the chowk.
The traffic was resumed after senior police officials assured the protesting students of appropriate action against the officials found responsible.
Ahmad Shaheen, an IJT spokesman, told The Express Tribune that the two students had neither misbehaved, nor demanded that the wardens stop the traffic.
He said they had been stopped for using mobile phone while driving.
“They apologised and requested that they be let go as they were students, but they did not listen.”
He said the policemen at a nearby picket had intervened for no reason and abused the students.
This led to a fight.
He said one of the students then called some fellow students for help.
He said the students were not treated fairly. He said they were left with no choice but to protest against the unprofessional and rude behaviour of the police.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2011.