Key points
- The case relates to an incident at Civil Hospital Quetta
- 150 people booked in the FIR
QUETTA: Police have filed an FIR against Dr Mahrang Baloch, chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), along with 150 others, on charges of forcibly taking away bodies from a morgue, incitement to violence and other alleged offences, according to Dawn News.
The case relates to an incident at Civil Hospital Quetta, bodies were allegedly forcibly taken from the morgue, according to local media reports.
The FIR, registered at Sariab Police Station on March 22, includes charges under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), according to Dawn.
The FIR also names several other key BYC leaders, including Beebow Baloch, Gulzadi Satakzai, Dr Sabiha Baloch, Sabatullah Baloch, Gulzar Dost, Riaz Gashkori and Dr Shali Baloch.
Dawn News cited the FIR as saying that the BYC leadership allegedly incited rioters to open fire on police officers, passersby and their own protesters, resulting in the deaths of three individuals and injuries to 15 police officers.
“Civil hospital stormed”
Another FIR registered at Civil Lines Police Station accuses 100 to 150 BYC supporters of storming Civil Hospital, breaking into the morgue and forcibly taking the bodies. The FIR states that the accused also intercepted a private ambulance at Hockey Chowk, assaulted the driver and loaded the bodies into the vehicle, Dawn reported.
Additionally, at the Brewery Police Station in Quetta, an FIR has been filed against BYC leaders Gulzadi Baloch, Ali Jan, Shoaib, Syed Noor Shah, Waheed, Jahanzeb, Zohaib Baloch, and over 100 other individuals, The News reported. This case pertains to blocking the Western Bypass Road in Quetta on Saturday, chanting slogans against the state and state institutions, and inciting public unrest, according to the paper.
