A sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday ordered registration of a criminal case against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and top police officials for alleged torture of lawyers in the provincial capital on May 25, PTI’s Azadi March.
The order was issued after an advocate named Haider Majeed Advocate filed a petition in the court accusing the police of not registering the case as demanded.
Barrister Hassan Niazi and other lawyers represented the petitioner, while a video of the incident was also played in the courtroom.
The petitioner sought registration of a case against the Interior Minister, CCPO Lahore, DIG Operation Lahore, SP Essa Sukheri (North Cantt Lahore), SP Waqar Azim Kharal, DSP Akbar Ali, SHO Asad Abbas and others.
After hearing the arguments on the petition, a copy of which is available with don.comAdditional Sessions Judge Mian Mudassar Umar Bodla ordered the concerned SHO to register a criminal case under section 154 (information in cognizable matters) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and process the matter “in accordance with law”.
The court order stated that the petitioner and his associates were in their vehicle when they were pulled over by the police.
It said the petitioners were “lathi charged, humiliated, humiliated and their vehicle badly damaged” even though they were cooperating with the law enforcers.
The court later asked the petitioner to approach the concerned SHO along with a copy of the court order to take the matter forward.
PTI President Imran Khan’s march haqeeqi azadi – True freedom – was first done by the authorities Motivational Section 144, Measure used to prevent gatherings.
The government also placed shipping containers on major routes to block the way for the protesters, claiming that Its aim was to spread “chaos and disorder”.
Distracted by the move, the marchers, who attempted to force through the containers on their way to Islamabad, fired tear gas shells as the police tried to disperse them. The police also lathi-charged them.
Last week, Imran did A video montage posted on Twitter Alleged police brutality and termed it as “condemnable and unacceptable”.
“By flouting the Constitution and orders of the Supreme Court, this criminally imported government committed police brutality on our peaceful Azadi March protesters,” he said, adding that the night before the march, PTI members’ homes were also attacked in Sindh and Punjab. Raids were conducted.
he also had Told That the party would file petitions in the high courts to register cases against those responsible for using force against its party workers during the march.