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.
Policemen stand guard as supporters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) take part in a protest while blocking a street in Lahore on April 18. AFP
Security personnel walk back after having a talk with TLP supporters during a protest along a blocked street in Lahore on Sunday. AFP
Workers of the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) brutally tortured a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and took him, as well as four other officials, hostage on Sunday, spokesperson for Lahore CCPO Rana Arif told
Dawn.com.
Police said the violence occurred after miscreants an apparent reference to TLP workers attacked a police station and abducted the DSP, adding that it acted only in self-defence . An operation against the TLP activists is still underway.
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