A local court granted bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nehal Hashmi and his sons on personal undertaking, over charges of assaulting on duty policemen on Saturday.
Saudabad police produced Nehal Hashmi and his two sons Barrister N
aseer Hashmi and Faheem Hashmi
in the case
in the city court. “Nehal Hashmi and his sons attacked the on-duty policemen,” a police officer told the court.
Protesting lawyers chanted slogans against police
in the courtroom during the court proceedings. Nehal Hashmi alleged that the policemen misbehaved
with his family members.
The lawyers alleged that Hashmi’s sons were beaten and misbehaved
in the incident. They demanded registration of a case against the policemen involved
in the incident. According to details of the
incident, the two sons of PML-N l
eader, had a brawl
with a citizen after an accident
in the Kala Board area of Karachi.
The police reached the spot and took both parties to Saudabad police station to resolve the matter where the sons of PML-N allegedly thrashed on-duty policeman. Hashmi also reached the police station and allegedly hurled abuses to police officials. Taking action, the police arrested Hashmi and his sons for beating on-duty policemen at Karachi’s Saudabad Police Station and a case was registered against them.