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| April 17, 2007 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1428 |
Three accused in loudspeaker case get bail
MANSEHRA, April 16: Three members of a mosque’s administration arrested here on Monday on charges of using loudspeakers illegally during the Shan-i-Mustafa conference held on April 4 were released on bail.
A lawyer said police had registered a case under the Loudspeaker Act against five members of the Masjid Aqsa committee.
On Monday, police arrested three members of the committee -- Anwar Shah, Farman Ali Shah and Ali Mardan -- but they were released on bail by local courts.
The lawyer said these were the first arrests made under the act in Mansehra.
Farman Ali, amir of Jamaat-i-Islami in City Union Council-2, termed the arrests part of a conspiracy against the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s provincial government. “It is impossible for a cleric to desist from preaching on the loudspeakers in the mosques and no government can ban,” he said. Mansehra JI amir Younas Khatak condemned the arrests.
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