LAHORE: As many as 20 suspects brought to the Model Town courts on Monday fainted in the prison van due to dehydration and suffocation.

The Kot Lakhpat police brought at least 70 suspects in the van filled to its capacity.

Eyewitnesses said they saw the suspects screaming for water and fresh air as soon as the van entered the court premises.

They said the security personnel deputed at the court immediately took out the suspects from the van and gave them water to drink.

They said Rescue 1122 was also summoned as around 20 suspects had fallen unconscious. The rescue team provided them with first aid before they were produced before the court for hearing of cases.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2019

Opinion

Editorial

New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.
Ceasefire, finally
Updated 26 Mar, 2024

Ceasefire, finally

Palestinian lives matter, and a generation of orphaned Gazan children will be looking to the world community to secure justice for them.
Afghan return
26 Mar, 2024

Afghan return

FOLLOWING a controversial first repatriation phase involving ‘illegal’ Afghan refugees last November, the...
Planes and plans
26 Mar, 2024

Planes and plans

FOR the past many years, PIA has been getting little by way of good press, mostly on account of internal...