RAWALPINDI: Over 200 activists of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) youth wing, led by former lawmaker Hanif Abbasi, allegedly attacked the New Town model police station building on Wednesday night.
According to the police, the incident occurred after the registration of a case against three of the youth wing activists who were caught by the traffic police doing wheelie. City Police Officer (CPO) Israr Ahmed Abbasi allegedly bowed to the political pressure and ordered the immediate transfer of the Station house Officer (SHO) Ghulam Asghar Chandio, after he refused to release the motorcycle riders and withdraw the case on the demand of Hanif.
About half an hour after the case was registered, the SHO said that Hanif along with his supporters reached the police station and asked for the release of the three youth and their vehicles. However, when CPO Israr was contacted, he said he had directed the Superintendent of Police (SP) Rawal Town to conduct an inquiry and submit a report within two days.
The CPO said that the youth wing activists claimed that they did not attack the police station and that the damage was caused by the policemen themselves. When the CPO was asked why a criminal case was not registered against the attackers, he said, “After the report is received, the police will decide what to do.”
Hanif has denied any involvement of PML-N activists in the ransacking of the police station.
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