Summary Gullu Butt and police officials presented in court after 14-day judicial remand.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – After a 14-day judicial remand, the Kot Lakpath jail authorities have ordered to present Gullu Butt in the anti-terrorism special court in Lahore on Saturday, Dunya News reported. At this point, the investigation officer said that a case has been filed against Gullu Butt but the chalan has not yet been obtained and therefore, they should be allowed some more time.
On the other hand, the Faisal Town police presented SHO Amir Saleem and Sub-Inspector Azhar along with two other officials in court to inform that the investigation of the accused is underway; therefore, the physical remand should be extended for 11 more days. The court expressed its displeasure towards the delayed investigation process.
A local court in Lahore sent Gullu Butt on 14-day judicial remand on June 19.
The accused was brought to a local court in Model Town for the second time amid tight security.
Earlier, he was surrounded and beaten up by angry mob including lawyers within the court premises. The police shifted him to hospital after he fell unconscious.
Gullu, an alleged PML-N activist, was caught on cameras vandalising public property during clashes between police and protesting Tahirul Qadri’s supporters near Minhajul Quran International Secretariat in Model Town area on Tuesday.
He was arrested yesterday after Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif directed the inspector general of police for his immediate arrest.
The same day, another victim of violent clashes between police and PAT workers succumbed to his injuries at Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital, increasing the death toll to 9. The victim was worker of Tahirul Qadri’s party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT).
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At least eight people were killed and 85 injured in Lahore on Tuesday when the police clashed with supporters of Dr Tahirul Qadri.
Qadri, a leader of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), a religio-political party, has been trying to form a grand alliance against the government while demanding a change in the present system through a revolution. He has promised to return to Pakistan on June 23.
The clashes started when PAT members tried to stop the police from removing barriers outside their leader s house in Lahore s Model Town Colony and the party secretariat.
