25 arrested in Golra Sharif firing case
Police arrested 25 people, including the main accused Saddiq, who had killed a police constable in Golra Sharif.
Police arrested 25 people on Friday, including the main accused Saddiq, who had killed a police constable and injured three police officials outside the Golra Sharif Shrine near Islamabad.
Saddiq had opened fire on the police after they forbade him not to fire gunshots during a religious ceremony outside the Shrine.
Constable Mushtaq Hussain lost his life while three policemen including ASI Tarabul Hassan were injured.
Police cordoned off the area and started a search operation.
Saddiq and other suspects were been arrested and FIR has also been registered.
The incident occurred when a procession of devotees carrying a ceremonial palanquin for their yearly offering to the shrine of Baba Fazal Shah started aerial firing despite a ban on the activity.
A police party was sent from the nearby Golra Police Station to investigate the firing. They asked the devotees to stop the firing and tried to arrest one of them.
The devotees subsequently opened fire on the police in front of the main compound of the shrine, killing Constable Mushtaq Hussain on the spot. Constables Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Saleem, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Terabul Hassan were critically injured. They were shifted to Pims and are now in stable condition, police officials said.
After the attack, the devotees had taken advantage of the large crowd present outside the shrine’s main compound and had fled the scene.
Saddiq had opened fire on the police after they forbade him not to fire gunshots during a religious ceremony outside the Shrine.
Constable Mushtaq Hussain lost his life while three policemen including ASI Tarabul Hassan were injured.
Police cordoned off the area and started a search operation.
Saddiq and other suspects were been arrested and FIR has also been registered.
The incident occurred when a procession of devotees carrying a ceremonial palanquin for their yearly offering to the shrine of Baba Fazal Shah started aerial firing despite a ban on the activity.
A police party was sent from the nearby Golra Police Station to investigate the firing. They asked the devotees to stop the firing and tried to arrest one of them.
The devotees subsequently opened fire on the police in front of the main compound of the shrine, killing Constable Mushtaq Hussain on the spot. Constables Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Saleem, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Terabul Hassan were critically injured. They were shifted to Pims and are now in stable condition, police officials said.
After the attack, the devotees had taken advantage of the large crowd present outside the shrine’s main compound and had fled the scene.