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| January 20, 2007 | Saturday | Zilhaj 29, 1427 |
Citizens in the line of fire
GUJRANWALA, Jan 19: Citizens are in the line of fire of dacoits and robbers who strike at will and have literally worsened the law and order to an extent that the people feel insecurity everywhere.
The people have called upon the IGP and the Additional IG to provide protection to them for they neither consider themselves safe in their houses nor in business places and in streets as well.
According to a report gleaned by this correspondent here on Friday, at least three major dacoity incidents have occurred in Kotli Mughalan village in the limits of Ferozewala and Mandiala Warraich police stations during the last 36 hours.
In these strikes, over 30 outlaws in police uniform in the main, barged into a house and took away Rs600,000 in cash, jewellery, dowry of two girls worth Rs600,000 and other valuables, collectively.
It was stated that Additional IG Malik Muhammad Iqbal suspended Ferozewala SHO Wasim Dar from service and censured other policemen when residents of these localities lodged their strong protest against dacoities.
Citizens question as to why punitive action is not taken against the town police officer and the DSP concerned for their failure to check dacoities, robberies and street crime.
MPA BOOKED: An MPA and his men were booked in a murder case of a former MPA’s guard.
Reports said that former MPA Khalid Pervaiz Virk’s guard Muzzamil Bhatti was shot dead while two others were injured by their rival group during a wedding ceremony in Mangoki Virkan village on Thursday.
Naushera Virkan police booked former MPA Chaudhry Amanat Ali Virk and his men — Ziaullah, Sanaullah, Nasarullah, Imran, Haji Zafar, Falak Sher and four unknown accused in the murder case. It was stated that the complainant told police in his report that the accused had opened fire on his guards at the beck and call of the former MPA and his man Haji Zafar.
Police were conducting raids for the arrest of the accused.
STRIKE: The local district bar association observed a complete strike and boycotted courts in protest against the killing of Arif Bhinder and his relatives in Lahore on Friday.
Lawyers gathered at the bar room and held a protest meeting presided over by bar president Ilyas Rehan. They demanded that the accused involved in the murder case should be arrested immediately.
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