A group of lawyers Wednesday thrashed a police ASI who had come for a hearing at the Lahore High Court (LHC) from Gujranwala.
As ASI Khalid of a Gujranwala police came out of the court after hearing of an illegal detention case, Advocate Rafique and Shahid along with 15 fellow lawyers tortured him.
The lawyers thrashed the ASI and tore his uniform. The security officials appointed in the Lahore High court came to his rescue.
After receiving information of the incident, Justice Anwar-ul-Haq of Lahore High Court summoned a top Punjab Bar Council office bearer and directed him to take action against the lawyers allegedly involved in the incident.
The ASI and lawyers submitted applications for registration of cases against each other in Old Anarkali police station.
