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GUJRANWALA, June 16: Three dangerous prisoners, involved in murder and dacoity cases, escaped from a police van after breaking its window with the alleged connivance of an inspector in the district courts here on Wednesday.
Prisoners - Asif of Aulakh Bhaiki, Naushera Virkan; Iftikhar Ahmad of Sianwala Sadar and Faisal of Bhatti Bhango were brought to district courts by inspector Talib Hussain and other constables. After producing them before court, the inspector had the prisoners got on police van and locked its door.
The inspector deployed constable Ashiq Hussain at the main gate of the judicial lock-up in the district courts instead of directing him to guard the police van. Taking an opportunity, the accused smashed the window of the van and escaped in a four-wheeler which was already parked there.
On receiving information, DPO Saud Aziz, SP (Headquarters) Waqar Ahmad Chohan, DSP (Headquarters) Syed Noor Hussain Shah and other officers hastened to the spot. They had inspector Talib Hussain handcuffed and sent him to jail after registering a case against him.
The DPO constituted raiding teams for the arrest of the fleeing accused. However, no accused could be arrested till the filing of this report. Further investigation is under way.
BURIED ALIVE: Two labourers were buried alive when an under construction commercial plaza caved in at Rawalpindi Bypass intersection here on Wednesday. A mason, Muhammad Anwer (65), and labour Muhammad Sadiq (18) were at work when suddenly the building collapsed on them.
The Civil Defence officials reached the spot and pulled out the bodies from the rubble after a struggle of four hours. The owner and contractor of the commercial plaza escaped from the scene after the incident. Police are looking into the matter.
KILLED: A former Ghakkhar municipality chairman was killed while his brother and son sustained injuries on Wednesday in an accident near Cantonment on the GT Road.
Saleem Butt, his elder brother Nasir Butt and son Amjad Butt were on the way by their motorcycle. Near Cantonment Chowk, their bike rammed into a roadside fence while saving a cyclist.
They sustained head injuries and were rushed to the General Hospital in Lahore, where Saleem died. Meanwhile, car driver Mahmood Ahmad was killed when his vehicle collided head-on with a tractor-trolley on the GT Road, Dhaunkel.
LAUNCHED: The City Tehsil Council launched an operation against the rundown buildings and razed half a dozen shops and houses here on Wednesday. City Nazim Babu Javed Ahmad had directed the tehsil municipal administration to demolish the rundown buildings after issuing notices to their owners.
The TMA had issued the notices to owners of buildings some two weeks ago, but they failed to follow the directive. The dilapidated buildings were razed on the GT Road behind the Government Iqbal High School, Gill Road, Ghor Door Road and other areas. A spokesman of the city tehsil council said that the operation against the dilapidated buildings would continue.
