Meanwhile, a forensic team has reached the PIC for collecting evidence to present in the court.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Police on Thursday will present 34 arrested lawyers – who had yesterday stormed into the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) amid protest that turned violent – in an antiterrorism court amid tight security measures.

A heavy contingent of police has been deployed around the courtroom premises to prevent any untoward incident.

Meanwhile, a forensic team has reached the PIC for collecting evidence to present in the court.

CCPO vows to take action

The Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Zulfiqar Hameed, in his talk to the media, said that more arrests were being made and all actions would be taken in accordance with the Law.

“All possible footages [of the clash] have been obtained,” he said, adding that police were unaware of lawyers’ protest yesterday and when it rushed at the spot, policemen pushed the lawyers twice out of the hospital.

He stated that police have deployed contingents of security personnel at important locations. “We are ready to cope with every situation […] yesterday some lawyers turned the protest into political form,” he said.

Responding to a question that whether an action would be taken against the Prime Minister’s nephew who was also involved in the protest, the CCPO said an action would be taken against all those who were responsible for the violent clash.

Teams formed for fresh arrests

Importantly, special teams have been tasked to arrest other lawyers involved in the incident, and in the first phase, all lawyers who have been nominated in the cases will be arrested.

In the second phase, CCTV footages will be examined to identify the remaining lawyers.

New CCTV footage

Dunya News on Thursday obtained another CCTV footage in which it could be seen that the lawyers tortured hospital staff, patients and their relatives who had come to visit them.

The footage showed that the lawyers forcibly entered into the hospital in a group form and threw everything they could find.

They broke windows, expensive equipment of the hospital, particularly in the emergency ward, using batons and sticks.

Yesterday, the protesters were apparently on a mission to avenge a group of lawyers, who had been beaten up at the PIC a few weeks ago, soon after some video clips went viral on the social media showing some doctors making fun of the lawyers while recalling the incident.

The protesters claimed that the legal fraternity was provoked by several video clips doing the rounds on social media. They showed some doctors making fun of the lawyers after some hospital staff had thrashed a group of lawyers over a dispute at the PIC.

In a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday, a doctor is seen narrating an encounter with some lawyers in front of a group.