The district administration also locked and sealed the rooms of the chair lift.
The owner and operator of the chairlift, Ijaz, was arrested for the incident of children getting stuck in the chairlift in Bitgram area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Police of Thana Alai arrested owner Gul Zareen and Ejaz and registered a case of negligence against both of them.
According to the police, further investigation is underway after the owner of the private chairlift was detained. The district administration also locked and sealed the rooms of the chair lift.
Also read: Bitgram chairlift operation completed successfully after several hours, all persons rescued safely
DIG Hazara Division Tahir Ayub says that the control room of the chairlift has been sealed, 5 provisions of negligence have been added in the FIR.
It should be noted that yesterday in Bitgram, the chairlift was suspended in the air due to the broken rope and 8 people trapped in it were rescued.
Several chairlift sales in Balakot, disconnection of villages, public protest
Apart from this, on the order of the Deputy Commissioner, more than 9 chairlifts/dollies installed at different places of Balakot were sealed, as a result of which dozens of villages were disconnected.
The closure of the chairlift installed on the Kinhar River at Kiwai has trapped the people of Puror, including the children and teachers crossing the river to go to school. The people of Parwar protested and demanded the restoration of Dolly.
Syed Munir Shah, the former Nazim, says that the Doli installed on the Kunhar River at Parur is 3,000 feet high and 800 feet long.
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