GUJRANWALA – Basant festival was celebrated in district Gujranwala despite imposition of ban and police remained busy to arrest the kite flyers. Aerial firing could not be controlled in the interior city where the police took 450 youths in custody while some 25 were hospitalised after falling from the roof tops.
Kite flying also could not be controlled in the interior city and the youth used amplifiers throughout the night while as many as 17 children were among the 25 injured. The police remained at their toes and hundred of raids were conducted in the areas of Baghbanpura, Garjakh, Kallar Abadi, Noshera Road, Farid Town, Peoples Colony, Hajipura, Naumania Road, Islamabad, Wahdat Colony and adjacent localities.
The police also claimed to seize 6,500 kites, 950 cones of chemical threads and 30 decks with amplifiers after taking more than 450 kite flyers into custody.
Gujranwala flouts basant ban
