LAHORE:
Gullu Butt, the man caught on camera damaging a number of vehicles
outside the Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) Secretariat in Model
Town, was tortured by an angry crowd and lawyers at the Model Town
Katcheri on Thursday.
Gullu Butt was handcuffed and his face was covered when an angry mob encircled him and tortured him. Only two policemen were escorting him at the time. Lawyers were demanding the authorities to try Gullu Butt under the anti-terrorism act.
Two police officers, who were escorting Butt, failed to protect him from the wrath of the angry mob and lawyers.Ironically, the policemen asked him “to lie down” to save his skin amid continuous pounding by kicks and fists. After being savagely assaulted by the public, the police personnel present on the occasion tried to take control of the situation. The scuffle left Gullu Butt unconscious. He was immediately shifted to hospital by the police in a rickshaw.
Later, a heavy contingent of police was deployed on the court premises and the police again produced Gullu before a judicial magistrate and sought his physical remand. However, a senior police officer told the court that the club he used to damage vehicles had already been recovered, so there was no need of a physical remand.
As this, the judge sent Gullu to jail on 14-day judicial remand.Police on Tuesday carried out an anti-encroachment drive to remove the barriers outside the MQI Secretariat and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri’s Lahore residence during which nine persons lost their lives.
Gullu Butt was arrested for vandalism after TV news cameras caught him damaging a number of vehicles outside the MQI Secretariat in Model Town in the presence of police on Tuesday.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued orders for his arrest after watching the vandalism done by Butt captured in the news footage. The man was later identified as Gullu Butt alias Sher-i-Lahore, known to be a police tout in Model Town.
Gullu Butt was handcuffed and his face was covered when an angry mob encircled him and tortured him. Only two policemen were escorting him at the time. Lawyers were demanding the authorities to try Gullu Butt under the anti-terrorism act.
Two police officers, who were escorting Butt, failed to protect him from the wrath of the angry mob and lawyers.Ironically, the policemen asked him “to lie down” to save his skin amid continuous pounding by kicks and fists. After being savagely assaulted by the public, the police personnel present on the occasion tried to take control of the situation. The scuffle left Gullu Butt unconscious. He was immediately shifted to hospital by the police in a rickshaw.
Later, a heavy contingent of police was deployed on the court premises and the police again produced Gullu before a judicial magistrate and sought his physical remand. However, a senior police officer told the court that the club he used to damage vehicles had already been recovered, so there was no need of a physical remand.
As this, the judge sent Gullu to jail on 14-day judicial remand.Police on Tuesday carried out an anti-encroachment drive to remove the barriers outside the MQI Secretariat and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri’s Lahore residence during which nine persons lost their lives.
Gullu Butt was arrested for vandalism after TV news cameras caught him damaging a number of vehicles outside the MQI Secretariat in Model Town in the presence of police on Tuesday.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued orders for his arrest after watching the vandalism done by Butt captured in the news footage. The man was later identified as Gullu Butt alias Sher-i-Lahore, known to be a police tout in Model Town.
