Seven booked for injuring Chinese engineers
Infuriated villagers attacked the Chinese engineers with clubs and axes after dispute.
FAISALABAD:
The Nishatabad police on Wednesday registered a case against seven people on charges of injuring four Chinese engineers over a minor dispute in Faisalabad.
According to the police, four Chinese engineers – Lee Xian, Raoly Yang, Yau Yaw and Wang Yu Yang – exchanged heated arguments with the villagers of Chak No 6-JB on Tuesday, as the water released by the villagers for irrigation was causing damage to a small bridge being constructed over a canal drain near Motorway (M-4) in Kamal Pur.
In retaliation, the infuriated villagers attacked the Chinese engineers with clubs and axes.
The police registered a case against seven suspects and have arrested five of them namely, Musharraf, Ghulam Murtaza, Allah Rahm, Shaukat and Qamar.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 9th, 2011.
The Nishatabad police on Wednesday registered a case against seven people on charges of injuring four Chinese engineers over a minor dispute in Faisalabad.
According to the police, four Chinese engineers – Lee Xian, Raoly Yang, Yau Yaw and Wang Yu Yang – exchanged heated arguments with the villagers of Chak No 6-JB on Tuesday, as the water released by the villagers for irrigation was causing damage to a small bridge being constructed over a canal drain near Motorway (M-4) in Kamal Pur.
In retaliation, the infuriated villagers attacked the Chinese engineers with clubs and axes.
The police registered a case against seven suspects and have arrested five of them namely, Musharraf, Ghulam Murtaza, Allah Rahm, Shaukat and Qamar.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 9th, 2011.