Report in Dawn, March 4th, 2023
ISLAMABAD: A group of people armed with weapons, axes and batons attacked and injured a police team at the Supreme Court Housing Society, police said on Friday.
The injured were identified as station house officer (SHO) Shahzad Town Sub-inspector Mohammad Azeem, Assistant Sub-inspector Zafar Iqbal and constable Ghulam Mustafa.
Over the incident, a case was registered at the Shahzad Town police station against 16 people, including three women.
According to the FIR, the group armed with pistols and axes attacked labourers who were constructing the boundary wall of the Supreme Court Society at Tamma. They also brought an excavator and started demolishing the boundary wall with an intention to grab the land, it claimed.
They threatened the laboures with dire consequences and in response the supervisor of the labourers informed the police, the FIR said. In response, when the police reached the spot they were attacked.
However, the police remained safe, the FIR said. Later, one of them attacked ASI Zafar Iqbal with an ax while two other persons overpowered constable Mustafa and beat him with batons besides, tearing his uniform.
Two other persons also attacked the SHO with batons and stones. Moreover, the three women pelted the policemen with stones.
After another police team reached the spot, the attackers escaped, said the FIR.
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