Dr Firdous confirms that police launched an action today in self-defence
Lahore, 18th April: Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) Punjab Firdous Ashiq Awan said that an armed group attacked police officials in Lahore abducting 12 cops.
According to reports, SACM Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Sunday that a violent group of outlaw attacked the Nawankot police station in Lahore abducting 12 police officials including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP).
Dr Awan shared a statement issued by the Punjab police on her Twitter account and said that the miscreants who were armed with petrol bombs and acid bottles, attacked the cops at the police station.
آج صبح پٹرول بموں اور تیزاب کی بوتلوں سے لیس متشدد جتھے نواں کوٹ پولیس سٹیشن پر حملہ آور ہوئے۔ جہاں رینجرز اور پولیس اہلکار محبوس ہوگئے اور تقریباً 6پولیس اہلکار زخمی ہوئے۔ متشدد جتھے DSP نواں کوٹ سمیت 12پولیس والوں کو اسلحے کے زور پر اغواء کرکے اپنے مرکز میں لے گئے۔ pic.twitter.com/K8UFq4Xkv2
— Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) April 18, 2021
She wrote, “Violent groups armed with petrol bombs and acid bottles stormed the Nawankot police station this morning. Rangers and policemen were detained and about six policemen were injured. Violent gangs abducted 12 policemen, including DSP Nawankot, at gunpoint and took them to their base.”
She added, “There is also a 50,000 liter oil tanker kept for the attack. No operation was planned or initiated by the police and retaliation was carried out only for self-defense and rescue of abducted police personnel. Earlier, six policemen were martyred and more than 700 were injured by these groups.”
جہاں حملے کے لیے 50 ہزار لٹر کا آئل ٹینکر بھی رکھا گیا ہے۔ پولیس کی طرف سے کوئی آپریشن پلان یا شروع نہیں کیا گیا اور جوابی کارروائی صرف سیلف ڈیفینس اور مغوی پولیس اہلکاروں کو بچانے کی لیے کی گئی۔ اس سے پہلے ان جتھوں کے ہاتھوں 6 پولیس اہلکار شہید اور 700 سے زائد زخمی ہوچکے ہیں۔
— Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) April 18, 2021
It is to be noted that activists from the banned organization Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) abducted 7 police officials today from Chowk Yateem Khana Lahore, after which violent clashes were reported between police and TLP workers.
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