More than 50 residents of the village, accused of attacking the worship place, were rounded up after the incident. Two Ahmadis were arrested on charges of killing the protester.
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By Rana Tanveer | December 20, 2016
LAHORE: After a curfew-like situation that prevailed at Chakwal’s Dulmial village for eight consecutive days in the wake of vandalising of an Ahmadi place of worship on December 12, life started returning to normal on Monday as military and police personnel eased security restrictions.
Some of the grocery shops and one of the two high schools at the village opened on Monday.
These two schools — respectively for boys and girls — had been closed after the attack, for providing accommodation to the forces. On Monday, the boys school was opened; however, the girls school remained shut as it is still being used as barracks by army troops. Hundreds of people – who were part of an Eid Miladun Nabi procession – stormed the Ahmadi place of worship at Dulmial village last week and burnt fixtures inside the premises.
At least one Ahmadi man, who was present inside the building at the time, died of cardiac arrest, whereas the protesters claimed that six of their fellows were also injured in the cross firing. One of the injured later succumbed to his injuries.
More than 50 residents of the village, accused of attacking the worship place, were rounded up after the incident. Two Ahmadis were arrested on charges of killing the protester.
According to villager Syed Sibtul Hasan Shah life started returning to normal after the district administration assured residents that no one other than those nominated for attacking the worship place would be arrested. Most of the male residents of the village, including both Ahmadis and Muslims, had fled their houses fearing arrests after the contingents of rangers, army and police were deployed for round-the-clock vigilance at the village.
Shah said that after the December 12 incident, police and military men started indiscriminate arrests, causing panic and fleeing of male residents from the area.
He said Chakwal DCO Mehmood Javed Bhatti and DPO Munir Masood Marath visited Dulmial on Friday and met with villagers. They assured them of no more arrests and asked them to bring back their relatives.
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Really one day not only in Chakwal but all nightmare area will see Dawn Break.
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