February 16, 2003	Sunday	Zul Hijjah 14, 1423

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GUJRANWALA, Feb 15: At least a dozen people, including three women, were injured on Saturday in a fight among shopkeepers, customers and passers-by over eve-teasing issue in Wazirabad.

Later, the mob torched four shops of attackers on fire on the Sialkot Road.

Sajida Bibi, Ghausia and Sonia, daughters of Muhammad Rafiq of Ghakkhar town, went to Landa Bazaar under the overhead bridge along with their brothers Ishtiaq, Suleman and Imran. Shopkeeper Naimatullah and his men reportedly cut a joke with three sisters. They beat up their brothers with clubs and kicks when they protested against teasing their sisters.

In the meantime, passers-by came to the help of customers and they jointly launched an attack on shopkeepers and started thrashing them. Seeing the situation twisting against their colleagues, other shopkeepers gathered there and jumped into a free-for-all fight. As a result, around a dozen people, including three women, received injuries. Later, the provocative mob set four shops of attackers on fire.

DPO Saud Aziz and Wazirabad ASP Waqar Ahmad rushed to the troubled spot and arrested 22 people, including 17 shopkeepers. A case has been registered against shopkeepers Naimatullah, Ismail, Imran Khan, Ehsan, Shahzad, Jan Ali, Saeed Khan, Bashir Khan, Nazir Khan, Bala Khan, Taj Khan, Anwar and others.

Students demand: The students, parents and teaching staff of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ghakkhar, protested against the district and tehsil councils on not constructing the school road and making arrangements to drain out stagnant water.

The students of intermediate and secondary classes, their parents and teachers held a meeting on the school premises and expressed their resentment against the authorities’ apathy to solve their problems.

They said the road was constructed about two decades ago. It had developed potholes which had been filled with sewerage water oozing from choked gutters.

They expressed concern over lack of interest of the district and Wazirabad tehsil councils to construct the road. They demanded that the road should be constructed immediately.

BOY KILLED: A schoolboy fell to death while flying kite on the roof of his house on Saturday.

Imran slipped and fell on ground. He sustained head injuries and died on way to hospital.

SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES: us driver who sustained injuries in a robbery bid a few days ago on the GT Road near Kamoki died in the DHQ hospital here on Saturday.