Shooting in Islami College Civil Lines creates panic
Lahore, Nov 05: Panic spread among students, employees and faculty members of Govt Islami College Civil Lines when some unknown persons, including one alleged student of the college, resorted to aerial firing within the college premises on Tuesday.
The incident, in which the hooligans succeeded to flee from the scene, not only exposed flawed security arrangements of the college administration but also "efficiency" of police force as the college is situated right in front of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations' office.
Soon after the incident a large number of students came out on the road in front of the college and while staging a protest demonstration they condemned the incident. They chanted slogans against the hooligans and demanded stern action against those involved. The demo also caused traffic mess on the road.
The college administration claims that the number of hooligans was around five whereas students belonging to Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT), which has strong footing here, claims those involved in the incident were more than a dozen.
Principal of Govt Islamia College Civil Lines Dr Ali Zaheer Minhas told The News that some unknown persons entered the college premises around 11.30 am and shot around four fires in the air. He added the intruders could not be identified.
He further said soon after the incident he met SSP Shafiq Gujjar and registered a complaint about the incident.
He said the motive of the crime could not be known adding however it created panic among students, teachers and employees.
To a question Dr Minhas said the hooligans might have entered the college from the car parking entrance (near the Aiwan-e-Adl)adding students saw these persons fleeing while climbing over walls from the same location. However addressing a press conference, after the incident, the college IJT nazim Irfan Idrees and other office-bearers said around one dozen outsiders including one of the college students were involved in the incident. They added the hooligans damaged the college property by breaking windowpanes of the common room.
They further said some outside forces wanted to create unrest at the college adding Jamiat would make all out efforts to ensure peaceful academic atmosphere at the college. The students would be united to foil such conspiracies, they said while demanding the government to award stern punishment to those involved in the hooliganism.
Irfan Idrees told The News that one, Zain Aslam, was identified as third year student of the college adding the cause of the incident could not be ascertained. He further said he had submitted a complaint on behalf of the college student about the incident in the Islampura Police Station.
He said the hooligans not only resorted to aerial firing but they also fired at the common room, previously used as union office.
To a question he said involved of some other student organization could not be ruled out. He further said the incident was a conspiracy to create unrest among the students.
Meanwhile on complaint of student Irfan Idrees Islampura police have registered a case against Zain Aslam and 12 unidentified persons under sections 324, 148, 149, 452 and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The News
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