GUJAR KHAN: Ten workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) sustained bullet injuries when a procession of the party was attacked near here on Sunday.

The procession was going to attend Imran Khan’s public gathering in Jhelum when it was fired upon in the Gharmala village.

District Police Officer (DPO) Jhelum Sarfraz Virk claimed that three persons allegedly involved in the attack had been arrested and weapons recovered from them. The arrested young men have been identified as Safeer, Talat and Nasir. Three short machine-guns were recovered from them, the police said. The attack occurred in the native town of Chaudhry Khadim, a PML-N member of the National Assembly.

Chaudhry Nadeem, a former MPA and close relative of the MNA, said the 10 people sustained injuries in a cross-fire after the PTI workers attacked his residence.

On the other hand, Chaudhry Ejaz, a PTI leader, alleged that the attack was carried out by the PML-N workers to discourage people from participating in the public gathering of Imran Khan.

According to hospital sources, one of the injured was in a critical condition and shifted to the DHQ hospital Rawalpindi. He was identified as Adnan. The other injured were Asif, Ummair Ali, Sadaqat, Adeel Mirza, Noman, Sheryar, Zeeshan, Shahzeb and Rizwan.

Published in Dawn, November 17th, 2014