KARACHI: A mob of around 200 people attacked the Orangi Town police station and nearby West SSP’s office on Thursday night injuring one policeman and damaging properties.

They were enraged over a reported incident in which a religious scholar was allegedly whisked away by some agency personnel in civvies from his house, according to police officials and witnesses.

Orangi Town SHO Waqar Ahmed Awan said that Maulvi Ishaq was taken away from his house in Ghazi Goth, Manghopir. His students along with a number of local residents came out of their houses and proceeded to the West-SSP’s office near the police station to express their anger over the incident.

The protesters pelted the office and police station, as well as the official vehicles parked outside, with stones. A head constable, Haroon Rafiq, suffered minor injuries and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment.

Police moved into action and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the protesters. Eleven protesters were rounded up and an FIR was registered against them for rioting.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2022