Summary Police has registered cases against 800 people and took 60 individuals into custody.
NOWSHERA (Dunya News) – Citizens on Friday severly protested against load shedding for long hours. Protestors wielding sticks and rods attacked a grid station in Rashkai area of Mardan. Protestors vandalized and damaged machinery and burnt records. Police has registered cases against 800 people and took 60 individuals into custody. GT road was opened after talks between police officials and people of the village.
According to the details, protestors also broke windows of cars parked in the premises of the grid station. Initial estimate suggests that the attack by protestors caused damages to the grid station worth Rs. 2.5 billion.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Water and Electricity stated that electricity supply was suspended for several hours in Mardan, Malakand, Swabi and Swat due to the attack on the grid station.
