Three detained for 'anti-state' protest

Police have launched a crackdown on 43 individuals accused of blocking a road and chanting anti-state slogans during Independence Day celebrations, arresting three and registering a case against all of them.

Chaklala police booked three identified suspects along with 40 unidentified persons under charges of disturbing public order, blocking a public road and unlawfully obstructing movement.

The FIR, filed by Sub-Inspector Nadeem Ahmed without mentioning any political party, stated that officers were patrolling in Chaklala Scheme-III when they encountered the protesters blocking a road near the Scheme-III bazaar.

The suspects were allegedly chanting slogans against the state and its institutions.