Police register case for ‘clash’ leading to fire in shanties

The Sharae Faisal police registered on Saturday a case for the alleged clash preceding a fire in 11 shanties in a vacant plot in Gulistan-e-Johar.

The case has been registered on behalf of a citizen, Shahzad, who told the police that his employers had evicted the residents of the shanties after giving them money. He alleged after a gap of few days, eight to 10 people from the nearby Gabol Goth stormed the plot and attacked three security guards, Addo, Kamal Din and Sultan. According to Shahzad, the attackers were carrying sticks, clubs and weapons and one or two among them even resorted to firing arms into the air. However, when people gathered around the plot, said Shahzad, the attackers set the shanties on fire and fled.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 31^st, 2021.