FIR registered in Daska firing incident

Last updated on: 20 February,2021 06:59 am

The case of murder of PTI worker Majid has been registered on his brother's complaint.

DASKA (Dunya News) – First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in Daska firing incident during by-election in NA-75-Daska constituency, Dunya News reported on Friday.

The case of murder of PTI worker Majid has been registered on his brother s complaint. Local PML-N leader Javed Butt and accomplices were nominated in the case.

Two persons were killed and eight sustained injuries as some unidentified suspects opened fire near five polling stations including Main Bazar and Rangeela Chowk in Daska during NA-75 by-elections.

The dead have been identified as Majid and Zeeshan and belong to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

The incident created panic among voters, however, the situation got normal after the arrival of police. A clash also erupted between PTI and PML-N workers at Sohdra polling station in Wazirabad during PP-51 poll.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of the shooting in Daska and ordered IG Punjab to submit a report of the incident.

He has also ordered immediate arrest of the perpetrators, saying that no violation of the law shall be allowed. The government will take indiscriminate action against those found guilty, he added.