Taking a serious notice of display of anti-Pakistan banners in the heart of the federal capital, the Ministry of Interior has directed the law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to hunt down the culprits. Over 21 banners kept hanging across major roads on the premises of Kohsar Police Station for over nine hours (from 4.30am to 1.30pm) on Tuesday, intelligence sources told South Punjab News.
The banners were removed by the police at 1.30pm after a public complaint. The police and district administration hierarchy deliberated on the issue individually and jointly. The chief commissioner directed the police to register an FIR against the anti-state elements.
The banners were removed by the police at 1.30pm after a public complaint. The police and district administration hierarchy deliberated on the issue individually and jointly. The chief commissioner directed the police to register an FIR against the anti-state elements.
In separate meetings, top police bosses constituted different teams to hunt down those involved. However, no concrete clue could be found to the culprits. Sources investigating the issue told the South Punjab News that they were trying to locate the anti-state actors by using technology. They said two men riding motorcycles were grabbed by the Safe City Project CCTV camera hanging the banners onto the electricity poles near the National Press Club in the wee hours.
“We are certain that the controversial banners were not prepared in Islamabad or Rawalpindi but somewhere else, while the people who hung them did not seem to be locals,” they said, adding, “We can seek help from a sensitive intelligence agency for arresting the gangsters.”The local police on Tuesday removed ‘Mahabharat’ banners from electricity polls in Sector F-6 and its adjoining areas, though mystery remains as to who were behind the move.
The banners with the headline of ‘Mahabharat, A Step Forward’, apparently a print of screen shot of a twitter account supporting the recent Indian step regarding Kashmir read as “Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena in Rajya Saba: Aaj Jammu & Kashmir Liya Hai. Kal Balochistan, PoK Lenge. Mujhe Vishwaas Hai Desh Ke PM Akhand Hindustan Ka Sapna Poora Karenge.” The banners also bore a logo inscribed with a statement that reads as ‘Akhand Bharat-Real Terror’. The banners carried the statement of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in support of Indian government’s actions regarding Kashmir.
The sudden appearance of the banners at the much busy roads in the jurisdiction of two police stations; Secretariat and Kohsar has raised question marks on the efficiency of the intelligence apparatus of the local law-enforcing agencies. The banners were seen particularly at the polls around the Polyclinic Hospital. The local administration and the police swung into action only after a pedestrian, Sajid, made a video of the banners and put it on social media.
An official at the Secretariat Police Station told this scribe that they had also received information in this regard and a team had been dispatched to verify it. Later, the police were seen removing the banners from the polls. According to police, they were trying to get CCTV record of the vicinity so as to reach the people behind this move. The police were yet to register a case in this regard till filing of the report.
The banners with the headline of ‘Mahabharat, A Step Forward’, apparently a print of screen shot of a twitter account supporting the recent Indian step regarding Kashmir read as “Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena in Rajya Saba: Aaj Jammu & Kashmir Liya Hai. Kal Balochistan, PoK Lenge. Mujhe Vishwaas Hai Desh Ke PM Akhand Hindustan Ka Sapna Poora Karenge.” The banners also bore a logo inscribed with a statement that reads as ‘Akhand Bharat-Real Terror’. The banners carried the statement of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in support of Indian government’s actions regarding Kashmir.
The sudden appearance of the banners at the much busy roads in the jurisdiction of two police stations; Secretariat and Kohsar has raised question marks on the efficiency of the intelligence apparatus of the local law-enforcing agencies. The banners were seen particularly at the polls around the Polyclinic Hospital. The local administration and the police swung into action only after a pedestrian, Sajid, made a video of the banners and put it on social media.
An official at the Secretariat Police Station told this scribe that they had also received information in this regard and a team had been dispatched to verify it. Later, the police were seen removing the banners from the polls. According to police, they were trying to get CCTV record of the vicinity so as to reach the people behind this move. The police were yet to register a case in this regard till filing of the report.
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