The FIR says that several police personnel and six PTI own workers sustained injuries due to violence of Imran Khan's supporters.
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-March 9th, 2023) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and several other senior leaders were booked in a case over "attacking police" and “using foul language” against security institutions in Lahore.
The Police lodged First Information Report (FIR) on behalf of the deputy superintendent of police Raiwand.
The FIR said that a mob of at least 300-400 committed violence in the city and used foul language against the state institutions.
The police inserted Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), and Sections 147, 149, 353, 186, 302, 324, 188, 427, 290, 291, and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code in the FIR.
It said that the PTI workers abused the institutions on the directions of former prime minister Imran Khan, Hassan Niazi, Hammad Azhar, Memoodul Rasheed, Farrukh Habib, Fawad Chaudhry, and Ejaz Chaudhry.
The FIR said that violent mob pelted stones and attacked police with wooden sticks during which 13 police personnel suffered injuries while six PTI workers were also hurt due to their own party workers' violence.
It may be mentioned here that a PTI worker was killed after the police crackdown in Lahore. The Punjab Home department issued a notification and imposed Section 144 in the city as the PTI started pro-judiciary rally.
