Lawyers booked for ‘disturbing peace’
A case has been filed against lawyers and private individuals who resisted police and aided the accused who performed aerial firing at the reception of lawyers who won the bar elections.
It was stated in the case filed by In-charge Investigation Police Station Sub-Inspector Nadeem Ahmed that the suspected lawyers were outside Chiniot Bazar Chowk when Rescue 15 received a call reporting intense aerial firing at a district court. Authorities reached the District Court District Bar and witnessed a large number of lawyers and private individuals.
Among them, some persons were allegedly performing aerial firing.
They arrested an individual identified as Zeeshan, upon which lawyers and private individuals allegedly resisted and freed the arrested accused, who fled along with the weapon.
Kotwali police registered a case and started searching for him.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2024.