- No report discovered of any sufferer, says Lahore’s DIG operations.
- FIA investigating operators of social media pages concerned.
- Protest being imposed from outdoors, claims police official.
RAWALPINDI: Undeterred by Punjab authorities’s clarification relating to the alleged rape of a faculty pupil in Lahore, pupils on Thursday as soon as once more took to the streets, this time in Rawalpindi, with protests turning violent within the metropolis’s Dhoke Gangal space.
With the protesting college students ransacking the hostel after forcefully coming into the hostel premises and damaging automobiles, the police resorted to utilizing tear gasoline and evacuated the academics and employees who have been initially trapped within the constructing.
Urging the scholars to abstain from changing into a part of unlawful actions, the police have warned of stern motion towards the weather behind the protests.
In the present day’s demonstrations come amid the continuing unrest throughout the province over rape allegations which went viral on social media platforms prompting college students to carry a number of demonstrations throughout varied cities in current days.
Greater than two dozen folks, together with 4 policemen, have been injured in violent protests in Lahore on Tuesday.
The turmoil ultimately warranted a powerful response from Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz who, whereas talking to the media on Wednesday, introduced a crackdown on these spreading pretend information relating to the rape of a pupil.
The CM mentioned an try was made to run a marketing campaign in Punjab by deceptive the scholars on the idea of lies, including {that a} very “vile and harmful plan was made” after the failure of protest, siege, and anarchy.
“I do know very effectively who’s behind this incident and won’t depart anybody who was concerned on this,” she pressured.
Her remarks got here after a high-level committee, shaped by the Punjab authorities, said in its report that the lady had not been raped and that she sustained accidents at her house.
The police had additionally registered a primary data report (FIR) on the Defence A Police Station towards the unfold of misinformation and unverified information on social media.
Taking to social media platform X, CM Maryam mentioned that the alleged particular person concerned in spreading the “blatant lie” had in actual fact been arrested.
“This man who propagated a blatant lie, incited violence & provoked the scholars has been arrested. As promised, I can’t spare anybody who was a part of the conspiracy & false propaganda which have gravely affected an harmless lady & her household,” mentioned the provincial chief government.
“Who will compensate for the loss that the kid and her household suffered on account of her title getting used to spark unrest,” she added whereas blaming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for being liable for the pretend information and propaganda.
‘Misguided’ kids
Talking on Geo Information‘ programme “Geo Pakistan”, Lahore Deputy Inspector Basic (DIG) Operations Faisal Kamran maintained that the kids have been being misguided on the matter.
“The kids are being misguided by particular [social media] accounts, mentioned the DIG operations, including that the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) was probing who was working these pages.
“School college students do not wish to reveal so now protest is being imposed from outdoors,” remarked the police official.
He additionally claimed that the police had recovered petrol bombs from the scholars.
Offering particulars on the incident, the police officer mentioned that they didn’t have any complainant when the incident was reported and the school administration, when contacted, additionally denied being conscious of any such incident.
The safety guard, he added, was traced and introduced again from Sargodha who too denied his involvement within the matter.
“We checked the information of all authorities hospitals in Lahore, whereas a non-public hospital was additionally checked, however we didn’t discover any sufferer,” mentioned the DIG operations.
Talking on the continuing investigation, Kamran mentioned that the police had reviewed the video obtained from the school for the final 5 days which has now been handed over to the forensic workforce for additional investigation which can then analyse and submit a report on it.