The police on Monday claimed to have arrested 19 more persons in connection with the violence in Rawalpindi on Ashura.
The accused were identified using TV footage and other video sources, and witnesses’ statements.
They were then picked up from different localities of the city.
The arrested persons were produced in court and then sent to Adiala Jail for the identification parade.
Those arrested on Monday were Zahir Hussain Shah, Tahir Hussain Balti, Qamar Ali Shah, Syed Jawad, Tassaduq Shah, Syed Imran, Muhammad Iqbal, Tabish Ali, Syed Razi Abbass, Ali Raza Shah, Zameerul Hasan, Dilawar Abbas, Raja Zulfiqar, Ansar Butt, Chan Mehboob, Ijaz Ahmad, Ghulam Abbass, Asfar Qasim, Azmat Hussain and Naveed Nawaz. The arrested persons also include main culprits and have been identified.
Earlier, 35 accused were sent to the jail for the parade. However, the total number of persons identified as “main culprits” could not be confirmed as the head of the joint investigation team, Additional DIG Aftab Cheema did not respond to multiple calls on his phone.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2013.