SAHIWAL, Oct 28: In the latest development in district bar association row here the Punjab Bar Council vice-chairman on Saturday restored the DBA office-bearers ousted by the bar executive body on Oct 21.

A committee has also been constituted by the PBC vice-chairman to investigate the allegations leveled against the `ousted’ president and secretary-general of the DBA.

An emergent meeting of the DBA executive body had on Oct 21 passed a no-confidence resolution to oust DBA head Anwar Ali and secretary-general Muhammad Saleem Kodhan, leveling allegations of corruption and misconduct against them. The meeting had also decided to appoint DBA vice-president Rana Shakeel Javed and Joint-secretary Sajaad Saleem to act as president and secretary-general of the body, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Civil Lines police have registered a case under sections 186, 353, 148, 149 of the PPC, 16-MPO and 11-B of arms ordinance against the 16 armed people who had been arrested from the bar room, allegedly deployed there by the ousted office-bearers. The arrested people had reportedly manhandled the acting office-bearers, besides tearing the uniform of a police sub-inspector. The accused had been consigned to the central jail on a 14-day judicial remand.

Mian Anwar Ali, the restored president, said at a press conference that he was `unlawfully’ ousted from the bar office along with the secretary-general, and lauded the PBC vice-chairman’s decision.