Justice is not Blind:

Local Court help protesting Bugtis' against conspiracy of Capital police

• Capt Ilyas orchestrate drama to end protest by Bugtis

HOMER BALOCH

Islamabad: 134 Bugti IDP’s were arrested by Islamabad Police for allegedly assaulting the staff of a local restaurant, but later released by the court orders on Tuesday.

According to details, Zahid Hussain lodged an FIR (325) in Kohsar police station by stating that around 70 men from Bugti IDP’s protesting outside the Islamabad Press Club has assaulted the local restaurant located near the press club, where they damaged the stuff as well as tortured the hotel owners namely Shaukat and Nizar Abbasi.

SP City Captain Ilyas (File Photo)

The Kohsar Police in reaction rushed towards the press club where about 134 IDP’s were arrested under the charges of 506ii, 427, 337, 148, 149, 380and shifted to the Kohsar police station.  An eye witness of the incident told The Spokesman that first some shopkeepers in Super Market alleged the few men of the IDP’s for snatching a mobile phone. Meanwhile a restaurant owner near China Chowk also alleged them for assaulting over them. He said the situation got tens on sides, and the traders as well as the restaurant owners blocked the road for almost one hour, for which the police was called.

The accused were presented to the Civil Judge Naveed Qamar. Justice Naveed Qamar asked the police about the victims of the incident, but police failed to present them into the court, after which, capital police was ordered to release all the arrested IDP’s as Justice Naveed Qamar declared the police’s action as a joke.

On the other hand, Nawabzada Gwahram Bugti, a leader of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWB) and representative of the Bugti IDP’s in Islamabad said that the incident was a conspiracy just to stop the IDP’s from going back to Dera Bugti and burying their fellow’s dead body there. “We are protesting here in Islamabad for last two months and during which we did not take any violent step. Neither any one was harmed physically, nor any mobile phone snatched in the Super Market incident.” Gwahram Bugti said.

He further alleged SP City Captain Ilyas for provoking the traders to lodge the FIR instead of negotiations, which turned the situation worst. “Actually it was a small clash between some of the IDP’s and the restaurant staff over the long sting in the restaurant, and we are about to settle down the issue by negotiating the restaurant owners when the SP City interfered by provoking the restaurant staff to lodge the FIR”, said Gwahram Bugti.

He said that on 9th July, the Islamabad High Court’s decision was in favor of IDP’s which allowed us to go back to our land freely, but some elements are not in favor of our peaceful departure from Islamabad and resettlement in Dera Bugti. “After the IHC’s decision, they haven’t any other way to stop us from going back to Dera Bugti, than arresting us. But this will not stop us and we will go to our lands in any case”, said Gwahram Bugti.