7 suspects booked for attacking Taseer's death anniversary vigil
The vigil was held to mark 4th death anniversary of former governor Punjab Salman Taseer.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Police have registered First Information Report (F.I.R) against seven unidentified suspects for attacking a candlelight vigil in the memory of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
The attack took place on Sunday evening when members of civil society gathered at Liberty Chowk to light candles in the slain politician s memory.
A group of nine to ten men showed up at the scene, snatched and tore up placards and photos of Salman Taseer before beating up the participants of the vigil.
The attackers indiscriminately kicked women and other participants. They also subjected the reporters covering the event to torture and hit threw their cameras on the road and also damaged their DSNG vans.
Ordering a probe into the incident, authorities have ordered swift arrest of the culprits behind the attack.
Mumtaz Qadri, who was Taseer s bodyguard, shot him dead on January 4, 2011 at Kohsar Market in Islamabad over his call for Pakistan s blasphemy laws to be reformed.
