At least two persons were killed due to firing by police on the protestors , demanding for uninterrupted power supply. In retaliation people threw stones on police resulting in injuring 15 people including DPO and DCO.
According to details, Tehreek-e Haqooq Mianwali gave the call to hold long march against unscheduled and lengthy load shedding and over billing of electricity. Different political parties and organizations of the city also supported the call. On Monday thousands of people gathered at Jahaz Chowk and gave sit-in and chanted slogans against government. The traders also observed complete shutter down strike on the occasion .
Afterwards they marched towards Chashma Nuclear Power Plant, but police tried to prevent them forcibly. The protestors did not care for the police and continued their march past. On that police used baton charge and teargas shells to disperse them away.
The streets of the city turned into battlefield when in reprisal, the angry mob pelted stones towards police party on which law enforcers reacted harshly and opened firing on the protestors resulted killing of two persons. While several persons were injured during stampede caused by firing. Wounded persons were shifted to hospital , where two injured were in not stable condition.
By virtue of hitting of stones, at least 15 people including District Coordination Officer (DCO) and District Police Officer (DPO) as well as two policemen were wounded. People put ablaze a police vehicle, while police arrested a person on doubt and recovered a pistol from him.
It is to pertinent to mention here that recently Tehreek-e Haqooq Mianwali was formed to get rid of load shedding as well as to obtain the royalty of electricity produced by Chashma Nuclear Power Plant, which gave the deadline by 4 July to the government for realization of their demands.
