Clashes between PTI workers and police in Karachi, the area has become a battleground

Karachi: The area turned into a battlefield due to clashes between PTI workers and the police near Clifton Tan Talwar. Several personnel including SH Obot Bissan and a lady police officer were injured due to stone pelting by PTI workers, traffic flow was badly affected.

On Sunday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had announced a rally from Shahrah-e-Quaidin to Mazar-e-Quaid, but on Sunday morning, the spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Insaf announced the organization of a ceremony at Tin Talwar, where the candidates of all the constituencies of Karachi will participate in the rally. I was instructed to arrive.

When the PTI workers reached Clifton Tin Talwar in large numbers to participate in the rally, a heavy police force was already deployed there. They got angry.

When the police tried to disperse them, the PTI workers started pelting stones and attacked the police with sticks, as a result of which several officials, including SHO Boat Basin Riaz Niazi, were injured, who were immediately shifted to the hospital.

On the other hand, the police resorted to lathi-charge and shelling of tear gas to disperse the PTI workers, due to which the condition of many workers became critical. Couldn’t use Canon.

The police took several PTI workers into custody and shifted them to an unknown location. Due to clashes between the PTI workers and the police, the area turned into a battleground. The police managed to push back the workers with three swords, but some Later, the workers again gathered in large numbers at Three Swords and started shouting slogans against the police.

Due to the clashes between the PTI workers and the police, the flow of traffic near Clifton Tin Talwar was also suspended, while during the clashes, cameramen and reporters of various channels present at the spot to cover the rally were also subjected to violence by the police.

DIG South Asad Raza, while taking notice of the misbehavior of journalists and cameramen, said that such incidents cannot be tolerated. He said that action will be taken against the journalists by identifying those responsible for the violence.

The police asked the leaders of Tehreek-e-Insaaf whether they had taken permission to hold the event, to which the PTI leaders said that it was an election campaign, so permission was not necessary, after which the police PTI workers were given time to clear the road till 4:30 PM, but PTI rallies continued to come from different areas.

Several requests were made by the police to clear the road. In the first phase, the police detained some of the workers, then when other workers tried to free their colleagues, the police charged them with batons and dispersed them by shelling. The PTI activists damaged the police vehicles and seriously injured a policeman by pelting stones.

Meanwhile, PTI workers pelted stones on a mobile phone, which injured several policemen, during the clashes between PTI workers and the police, 5 policemen Rashid Awan son of Ghulam Hasan, Deen Muhammad son of Muhammad Rahim, Khalil Habib were hit by stones and sticks. Son of Ghulam Habib, Muhammad Faizan son of Mushtaq and Ijaz Shah son of Alam Nabi were injured and brought to Jinnah Hospital for treatment.

At the same time, a lady police officer, Syed Areqa, wife of Abdul Rahim, who became unconscious due to tear gas shelling, was also brought to Jinnah Hospital.

SSP South Sajid Amir Saduzai told Express that no prior permission was taken by PTI to hold a rally in Clifton, the workers had blocked the road, on which the police asked them to clear the road. But attacked with stones and sticks, as a result of which more than 10 police personnel including SHO Bot Besan, lady SHO were injured. They said that SHO Bot Besan’s jaw was broken and his condition is critical.

According to SP Clifton Uzair Ahmed, a case will be registered against those who attacked the police under terrorism and other provisions.

On the other hand, the leaders of Tehreek-e-Insaf strongly condemned the police lathi charge and arrests on the PTI rally in Karachi and said that the activities of all political parties are going on in Karachi, but a nefarious conspiracy is being hatched against the PTI, the government has leveled the playing field. If not, at least give the field.

Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Khurram Sherzaman says that Sindh is a place of shame for the police, these sticks are not used for shelling PP rallies. Despite informing the administration about the matter, the police resorted to lathi charge.

Khurram Sher Zaman said that sticks were used on women and elderly people, IG Sindh, police administration is angry with PTI, Sindh police has lost its senses in slavery.

Earlier, while addressing the workers and supporters gathered to participate in the Talwar Clifton rally, Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Subhan Ali Sahil said that Imran Khan’s followers have come out in Karachi, today Karachi has told who Karachi belongs to. It belongs to Imran Khan.

He said that PTI people are peaceful, we want to conduct our election campaign in a peaceful manner, for 27 years we have been running the peace movement, the administration should not disturb the peace movement.

Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shahnawaz Jadoon said that the police is ours, the police should remove the obstacles, the peaceful rally should be allowed to go towards its destination. He said that people of Karachi be ready on 8th date is the day of revolution.

PTI leader Amjad Afridi said that it is our right to conduct the election campaign, the people of Karachi should not suffer from any fear, the idols of fear are broken, the activists strongly condemn the police behavior on arrests and violence.