LAHORE, June 1: A Lahore district and sessions court on Wednesday ordered the registration of cases against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and others against police torture on PTI workers during party’s recently held ‘Azadi March’ towards Islamabad.
Advocate Haider Majeed had filed an application in the Lahore sessions court, seeking registration of cases against the interior minister and Punjab police officials under Section-166(1), 352 and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
The learned judge after completing the hearing on the application announced the registration of criminal cases against Rana Sanaullah, CCPO Lahore and DIG Operations under Section-166, 352 and 427. The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Mian Mudasar Umar. On May 25, A clash erupted between Lahore police and PTI workers marching to Islamabad for long march. Police resorted to tear gas shelling and baton-charged in an effort to disperse PTI activists.
On the eve of the march, the government rounded up over 1,000 PTI leaders and workers in a crackdown designed to derail the party’s plans for the march.
Section 144 was imposed in Lahore, the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and Karachi, as well as other major cities in the country, while the Punjab government sought the deployment of Rangers to control the law and order situation.
According to a spokesperson of the Punjab Police, three policemen also died in clashes and raids on PTI workers’ houses. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan against arrests. – DNA
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