Four held for attack on Gurdwara

Published October 2, 2004

SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 1: Police on Friday arrested four people - two lawyers and a former MPA - on charges of instigating students to attack Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib.

Already under investigation, the Nankana bar president, Rana Ali Asghar, former president Rai Mohammad Amin Bhatti, senior lawyer and ex-MPA Chaudhry Barkat Ali Ghayur and Nankana Citizens Welfare Society president Abdul Hamid Rehmani were summoned to the DPO's office here and later confined in A division lockup.

Rana Ali Asghar and Rai Amin Bhatti are also union council nazims. The Nankana bar meanwhile decided to approach the Lahore High Court against the 'illegal detention' of three lawyers.

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