RAWALPINDI: As many as 26 people, including a woman, were booked for allegedly bringing out an unauthorised Muharram procession and holding a majlis without permission in Saddar Bairooni and Gujar Khan areas on Saturday.

Police said a woman was booked by the Saddar Bairooni police on the charge of holding a majlis at her house along Chakri Road without permission. Police registered a case under relevant sections, however, no arrest was made.

Similarly, police booked 25 people for bringing out an unauthorised procession in Sandal Kinghar area of Gujar Khan.

A police official, Khuram Wasim, lodged a complaint with the Gujar Khan police, stating that Mohsin Sagheer along with 20 to 25 people brought out a procession.

He said though Mohsin Sagheer was asked not to do so, he did not stop and took out the procession from Sandal Imambargah which then culminated at Imambargah Hussainia.

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2017