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Hostage policemen: Case filed against Lal Masjid admin
Police registered a case against the Lal Masjid administration on late Friday for snatching arms of four police officials and taking them hostage, Daily Times has learnt.Aabpara police have registered an FIR, nominating 72 people. These people include administrators and students of the madrassa, official sources said. The FIR contains charges of terrorism, snatching of arms from police officials, taking them hostage and interrupting in government functions, they said. The students held four policemen to press the government for the release of their 11 fellows, who were arrested last month on the charges of burning CDs and videocassettes at various city shops. A district administration team held two-hour-long talks with the madrassa administration. Lal Masjid deputy cleric Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi told the team that they would not free the police officials until madrassa students were released. Posted by: Fred 2007-05-19 |
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