GUJRANWALA: Dhullay police registered a case against 32 PML-N activists, including two election candidates, over their alleged issuance of threats to policemen and interference in official work.

PML-N candidate for PP-57, Ashraf Ali Ansari, along with his supporters was returning from a corner meeting near Rajkot when police stopped him and attempted to check his car.

Ansari and his supporters got enraged and refused to comply, but police would not let them leave without checking their vehicle.

Later, Ashraf’s brother, Muhammad Younas Ansari, an aspirant from NA-82, along with his supporters reached there and after an exchange of harsh words both candidates and their supporters threatened police and refused to let them check the car. As soon as the workers allegedly started resorting to violence, police left from the spot.

A case was registered against Ashraf, Younas and 30 others on charges of threatening and interfering in official work. Police conducted a raid to arrest the suspects, but they could not be found.

ACCIDENT: A boy was hit by a train while he was crossing a railway track on Sunday.

His body was beyond recognition due to which he could not be identified. Police took the body into custody.

ARRESTED: The Punjab Highway Patrol arrested 136 culprits, including 36 proclaimed offenders and three court absconders, and seized from their possession 581 litres of alcohol, 6,450 grammes of hashish, as well as illegal weapons, including three Kalashnikovs, six rifles, 33 pistols, two pump actions and 257 bullets.

The patrolling team also reunited 14 children with their parents.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2018