Court security: Petrol seized from visitor

Security officials suspected she had a plan to attempt suicide by setting herself on fire.


Our Correspondent May 26, 2014

LAHORE: Security personnel at the Lahore High Court on Monday seized a bottle of petrol from a woman when she was entering the courtroom of Justice Kazim Raza Shamsi.  Ms Asia from Gujranwala had come to court to attend hearing of bail petitions filed by the alleged murderers of her husband Babar. She was stopped from entering the courtroom. Security officials suspected she had a plan to attempt suicide by setting herself on fire.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2014.

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