Summary Qadri followers armed with sticks and stones battled with police in the twin cities on Monday.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – A case has been registered against more than three thousand supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri at the Airport police station in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.
The PAT workers have been booked on charges of terrorism, torturing police, damaging public property, robbery and intervention in state affair.
The First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged on the behalf of DSP CIA Farhan Aslam.
On the other hand, around 500 PAT workers were nominated in FIR at five police stations in Islamabad.
At least 49 policemen in Rawalpindi and 36 policemen including DSP were injured during clash with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers in Islamabad on Monday.
Three of the injured policemen are said to be in critical condition.
On Monday, PAT workers became angry after police blocked roads, preventing them from reaching Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport, where Tahirul Qadri s flight was expected to land. Mobile phone networks were jammed, stopping them communicating with each other.
Quadri’s plane was eventually diverted to Lahore where he refused to get off and demanded to fly it back to Islamabad.
