TLP activists storm police station in Lahore
Police fail to rescue at least six policemen including a DSP during subsequent operation
Workers of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan chant slogans during a protest. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB/File
LAHORE:
Workers of outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Sunday stormed a police station near the party’s headquarters in Lahore and abducted half a dozen policemen including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), in a fresh wave of violence sparked after arrest of the party chief last week.
“Today in the early morning, miscreants attacked Nawankot Police Station where Rangers and police officers were trapped inside the police station and [the] DSP Nawankot [Mohammad Umer Farooq was] kidnapped and taken [to] the [TLP] markaz," said a brief statement issued by the provincial police.