LAHORE: The Lahore police on Saturday registered cases under terrorism charges after identifying several more miscreants involved in the torching, ransacking and stealing incidents at Jinnah House.
The law enforcers are busy in identifying the ‘elements’ who ransacked, looted and torched public places and military installations following the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chief Imran Khan by the paramilitary forces inside the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday.
The worst kind of violent protests broke out after the PTI chief’s arrest. In Lahore, some rioters wielding sticks, chanting slogans and carrying PTI flags entered the residence of Lahore Corps Commander also named Jinnah House and set it on fire. The violent protesters also took away valuables from the house.
The city police have registered cases against the miscreants under terror charges. According to the FIR, the violent PTI workers were equipped with firearms, clubs, stones and petrol bombs.