July 23, 2002	Tuesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 12,1423

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GUJRANWALA, July 22: A councillor and his accomplices injured over a dozen people, including women and children, in a Ferozewala Road locality on Monday.

According to details, councillor Khalid Hussain Bajwa’s nephew Imran alias Mani used to tease women and teenaged girls of the locality.

The residents of the area asked the councillor to reprimand Mani but to no avail. They lodged a complaint with police who arrested Mani. Later, the residents pardoned Mani on the request of his uncle.

On Monday, Mr Bajwa and his over 20 accomplices forced their entry into all the houses of the area, attacked the inmates with clubs, fists, kicks and buts of arms.

They also entered a seminary, adjacent to the houses, when some inmates attempted to take refuge there. They damaged the furniture of the seminary and allegedly desecrated Quranic verses and beat the peoples who had taken shelter there.

They also opened fire in air and threatened the residents of dire consequences. They escaped when the residents of adjoining localities gathered there.

Peoples Colony police registered the case against councillor Khalid Hussain, his nephew Imran alias Mani, Sajid alias Chan and their accomplices.

All the accused were at large till our going to press.

RALLY: Residents of Alipur Chattha and adjacent areas on Monday staged a rally against the rise in dacoity and robbery incidents and demanded that the SHO should be taken to task who did not register a case without bribe.

Led by Said Nagar Lumberdar Nazir Hussain, the demonstrators gathered outside the SSP office and chanted slogans against the SHO.

They informed the SSP that robbers had looted more than 20 passers-by of Said Nagar village after setting up a ‘picket’ a few days ago. Later, they confined them in the room of a nearby tubewell and started depriving some other passers-by of their cash and valuables. They alleged that the SHO had refused to register a case without bribe.

The SSP and other senior officers assured them that an impartial inquiry would be conducted against the SHO and if found guilty would be taken to task.

TRANSFERRED: Traffic DSP Intisar Hussain Jaffari was transferred and Najeeb Akram Maan was posted in his place by the Punjab IGP here on Monday.