Model Town vandalism: Gullu Butt moves court for bail

Published July 5, 2014
In this picture, Gullu Butt is seen breaking the windows of a car  during a clash between police and  Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers on removal of barricades outside residence of Dr Tahirul Qadri in Lahore's Model Town. — File photo
In this picture, Gullu Butt is seen breaking the windows of a car during a clash between police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers on removal of barricades outside residence of Dr Tahirul Qadri in Lahore's Model Town. — File photo

LAHORE: Gullu Butt, the baton-wielding man seen damaging vehicles in Lahore, filed a bail petition in a local court on Saturday, DawnNews reported.

The petition was filed in Judicial Magistrate Imran Ishaq's court.


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The petition submitted by Advocate Wahid Hussain presented the stance that the case registered against Butt was a false one thus he should be released on bail.

The court summoned a record from the police on July 10.

Butt, also known as Sher-i-Lahore, came into the limelight after he was caught on cameras brazenly damaging several vehicles in the presence of police, during the clash between Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers and police in Lahore's Model Town on June 17.


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