Christians cry out against police apathy
GUJRANWALA, Oct 9: The Christian community of Kotli Khano area on Sunday registered their protest against police’s failure to arrest the killers of a peasant and demanded that the chief minister and IGP should bring the culprits to book.
A Christian community delegation, led by pastor Sharif Alam, met Gujranwala DIG Zafar Abbas Lak and informed him that some influential landlords of the village had killed a Christian peasant on the independence day when he was working in the field. The landlords wanted to illegally grab the land.
The Bombanwala police, they said, had failed to arrest the suspects and, in fact, a constable was supporting them. The landlords had threatened complainant Shabir Masih with dire consequences, they said, demanding that the culprits should be arrested without delay.
PTCL CONNECTION: The PTCL authorities on Sunday severed the connection of the Gakkhar police station for non-payment of bills.
According to the company, the police station owed it Rs13,000 and the revenue department had issued disconnection orders.
The public and police officials faced problems in making contacts and communicating urgent messages.
KIDNAP: Two women were abducted by armed men in Satellite Town and Model Town on Sunday.
Reports said ‘R’ (a resident of Farid Town) was present at her house when Rizwan, Afzal and Arhsad came there and took her to an unknown place at gunpoint.
A resident of Model Town was abducted by Rafiq, Mansha, Ghulam Rasool and others when she was returning home from some place.