Pindi police arrest 20 for aerial firing
The Rawalpindi district police have arrested around 20 people on the charges of violating aerial firing and kite flying ban in last five days, said a police spokesman said on Sunday.
Waris Khan police arrested Muhammad Raheel, Muhammad Idrees and Ahmed Nadeem allegedly for aerial firing and celebrating Basant. Police also recovered weapons from them.
A police spokesman informed that the action was taken when videos of the accused went viral on social media.
Police identified the young men and arrested 20 seen in several videos, he informed.
Sadiqabad, Race Course, New Town, Waris Khan, Kalar Syedan, City,Pirwadhai and Rawat police caught Huzaifa Jameel, Muhammad Hashar, Muhammad Jabran, Usman Sheikh, Nasir, Amir Hussain, Muhammad Usman, Aqib, Bilal, Adil Waheed, Muhammad Hamza, Ali Azeem, Asad, Adil Waheed, Muhammad Hamza, Raja Ali and Raja Asad.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 8th, 2021.