Lawyers gather outside the Aiwan-e-Adl to elect Lahore Bar Association office-bearers on Saturday. — White Star
FAISALABAD: Police have registered cases against 69 lawyers who resorted to aerial firing to celebrate the victory of the candidates they supported in the district and tehsil Bar elections.
The Samundri city police registered a case against five lawyers of the Bar association and as many others on the charges of aerial firing after the polling. The case was registered on the complaint of SHO Tariq Ameer under sections 148, 149, 186, 337-H (2), 382, 506-II of the PPC and 11-B of the Punjab Arms Amendment Ordinance 2015.
Police said lawyers identified as Zain Ali, Usman Sikandar, Awais Akram, Naeem Gujjar, Jaffar Iqbal and five other people started aerial firing after the results of the Samundri tehsil bar elections. They thrashed constable Tajamul Hussain and snatched his mobile phone when he was recording the firing video. They also hurled threats at the constable.