Police register FIR in connection with firing at PPP leader’s house

Complainant says 11 suspects barged into his house, harassed him and his family

LAHORE: An FIR has been registered in Manawan police station against 11 suspects for firing outside the house of Pakistan Peoples' Party leader Malik Tahir Awan on Sunday.

The case was registered on the complaint of Awan.

In the complaint, it was alleged that at least 11 suspects barged into the house of Awan. They not only threatened and harassed him and his family but also resorted to firing. Three of the suspects were identified as Awais, Mustafa, and Mudassar. The complainant said that the family not only suffered due to the incident but the incident also created panic in the locality.

The accused persons fled from the scene.

On getting information about the incident, police reached the spot, collected forensic evidence from the crime scene and recorded statements of the witnesses.

Aerial firing takes life

Aerial firing at a marriage ceremony in Shahdara on Saturday night left a young man, identified as Jawad Qureshi, dead.

Police said that some people who were part of the wedding procession had come to Shahdara, but they were under the influence of alcohol. They opened fire into the air. As a result, a bullet hit the young man and he died on his way to the hospital. Police recorded statements of the witnesses and collected evidence from the scene. The body was shifted to a nearby hospital.

According to police, they are investigating the matter whether it was a murder or an incident of death due to aerial firing.

In another incident, some unidentified men tortured and shaved the head of a 28-year-old man on suspicion of having an illicit relationship with a woman in Chung.

The victim, identified as Kashif, alleged that his rival caught him, brutally tortured and also shaved his head. The victim was admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Police are looking into the case.

Kidnapping bid foiled

National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) foiled an attempt to kidnap a 13-year-old girl from Qadir Pur Rawan and arrested a suspected kidnapper on National Highway on Sunday.

NHMP patrolling officers Munir Ahmad and Jaffer Hussain of the central zone were deputed on a routine patrol duty near Qadir Pur Rawan. They spotted a rickshaw driver was driving carelessly. The officers tried to stop the driver, but he ignored the stop sign and tried to escape. Meanwhile, a 13-year-old girl who was sitting in the vehicle started shouting upon seeing the motorway police officers. The officers foiled the kidnapping bid and arrested the driver.

The officers said that the girl named Sidra, a resident of Multan, was travelling with her father in Metro Bus. Her father disembarked at Chowk Kumharan station while the girl didn't get off the bus and reached Vehari Chowk station. Later, the girl asked a rickshaw driver, identified as Abbas, to drop her home but he tried to kidnap her.

The motorway police arrested the driver and handed him over to the local police. They contacted the girl's family and handed her over to them. The father of the girl appreciated the motorway police's efforts for a reunion of her daughter.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 25^th, 2018.