ISLAMABAD: A driver who crushed two individuals to demise on Jinnah Avenue on Monday within the jurisdiction of the Kohsar police station has been handed over to the Navy Police for authorized proceedings as he turned out to be a lieutenant of the Pakistan Military, stated police on Friday.
4 individuals, together with a police inspector, have been additionally injured because the car ran over the individuals of a protest being held simply outdoors the Purple Zone in solidarity with Gaza. Subsequently, a case was registered on the Kohsar police station underneath sections 322, 337-G, 427 and 279 of the Pakistan Penal Code in opposition to the driving force.
Police spokesperson Taqi Jawad stated the driving force was a lieutenant within the military and the son of a brigadier. He was handed over to the MP for additional authorized motion, the spokesperson stated, including that the senior military officer additionally resigned from the military after the incident.
Police stated the automotive concerned within the accident was registered within the title of his father, the police stated, including that after the arrest of the driving force, his father additionally reached the police station and made makes an attempt to affect the police for the discharge of his son. Nonetheless, after the MP and different departments of the military learnt concerning the incident, they arrived on the police station and took custody of the lieutenant.
Accident on Jinnah Avenue
On the time of the incident, the individuals of the ‘Save Gaza’ protest have been sleeping on a portion of Jinnah Avenue between Specific Chowk and the outdated Parade Floor, the police had stated. The streetlights of the realm have been additionally switched off when the incident had occurred. “At round 2:45am, a rushing automotive appeared on the highway, ran over 5 individuals after which crashed right into a police barricade, hitting the inspector [on duty].”
The motive force then sped away the automotive in direction of Ayub Chowk by way of Attaturk Avenue. Police deployed on particular responsibility in reference to the protest alerted the management room. In response, a patrolling workforce intercepted the automotive and caught the driving force and shifted him to the police station.
The police had stated Mohammad Roman Sajid and an unidentified man, aged between 40 and 45 years, died on the spot whereas Mohammad Talha Ilyas, Hamad Hassan and Faisal Hayat together with Inspector Ijaz Ahmed have been injured.
Two days after the incident, the district intelligence committee in a gathering on Could 22 expressed reservations over the ‘Save Gaza’ protest close to D-Chowk regardless of the enforcement of Part 144 within the metropolis, which doesn’t enable gatherings of any type. On the time, the administration stated that the assembly was held to overview the general safety state of affairs within the metropolis as was attended by the police and administration officers.
Revealed in Daybreak, Could twenty fifth, 2024