GUJRANWALA, March 13: Police on Tuesday arrested three people, including a lawyer, on charges of throwing garbage at the office of district nazim while three lawyers got an interim bail.

Reports said different organisations, including the district bar association, took out a procession on Monday against lack of sanitation in the city and dumped garbage inside the office of district nazim Fiaz Ahmad Chattha. Later, the civil lines police had registered a case against over 200 people, including bar president Ilyas Rehan, former president Pervez Ahmad Oathi, ex-MPA S A Hamid and other protesters. The police added another offence under Anti-Terrorism Act in the FIR.

The arrested identified as People’s Lawyers Forum joint-secretary Ahad Ramey, Abdul Jabbar and Hamidul Haq were sent to jail. Three lawyers — Ahmad Wasim Anjum Sulehria, Noman Aziz and Pervez Ahmad Oathi — were granted interim bail by a local court.

The court directed them to submit surety bonds worth Rs20,000 each.

PO KILLED: Police claimed on Tuesday to have killed a proclaimed offender in an encounter while his accomplice managed his escape near Wapda Town. Reports said PO Amjad Ali and his accomplice of Kunja (Gujrat) were on their way by a motorcycle. Near Wapda Town, a police party intercepted them. On seeing the police, they opened fire. During a shootout, Amjad Ali was killed on the spot while his accomplice managed to escape.