Pakistan Villagers Protest
Pakistan: Lakki villages demonstrate against police action during Kabaddi match
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: A large number of villagers closed the Tajazai-Darra Tang Road in Lakki city to protest against the police for disrupting a sports event in Mela Shahabkhel village of Pakistan on Saturday.
Residents of Mela Shahabkhel, Langerkhel and other villages marched to Qazi Ishfaq Chowk and staged a sit-in there, reports The Dawn.
Village council chairman Naimatullah Khan, former nazim Umar Jan and Asif Iqbal Advocate participated and led the procession.
The protesters blocked the road for several hours, causing disruption to traffic.
The protesters alleged the police disrupted a kabaddi match on Friday by resorting to firing in the air to disperse game lovers and arrested the event organisers, reports The Dawn.
The protesters asked the police high-ups to remove the Lakki Marwat police station SHO and register a case against cops for firing during the kabaddi match.
They also demanded the release of the arrested people.
District police officer Ziauddin Ahmad told The Dawn that the police were not against the promotion of games, but after receiving credible information that proclaimed offenders and armed men would come to the venue, cops were sent to the locality to convince organisers to wind up the activity for the safety of villagers.
He said the police had also received a threat alert of a subversive act by miscreants.
“The organisers offered resistance and some people also hooted at the police and pelted stones on cops, leaving them with no option but to resort to firing in the air,” he added.
He said the local administration had also not permitted the event.
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