156 kite flyers sent to Adiala Jail

RAWALPINDIArea Magistrates and Civil Judges, Rawalpindi on Saturday sent 156 kite fliers for violating ban on kite flying to Adiala Jail on a 14-day judicial remand. The court directed police to present the violators before the court again on March 27, 2015. Different police stations in Rawalpindi city including Race

By Khalid Iqbal
March 15, 2015
RAWALPINDI
Area Magistrates and Civil Judges, Rawalpindi on Saturday sent 156 kite fliers for violating ban on kite flying to Adiala Jail on a 14-day judicial remand. The court directed police to present the violators before the court again on March 27, 2015.
Different police stations in Rawalpindi city including Race Course Police Station, Banni Police Station, Waris Khan Police Station, Ganjmandi Police Station, City Police Station and Civil Lines Police Station registered total 133 FIRs against kite fliers for violating ban on kite flying and celebrating ‘Basant’ on Friday despite a ban.
During ‘Basant’ a boy succumbed to his injuries after falling from a roof and several people were injured due to road accidents and after falling from rooftops. Police have registered cases under Section 4 of ‘Kite Flying Act of 2006’ and arrested 156 violators.
City Police Officer (CPO), Rawalpindi Israr Abbasi in a press briefing said that they had took an immediate crackdown against violators and arrested 156 violators from different areas. “We have recovered more than 20,000 kites and weapons used for aerial firing during ‘Basant’ on Friday,” he claimed. He said that different police stations had registered 133 FIRs and the crackdown against kite fliers would continue. Despite a ban imposed by Punjab government on kites selling and flying, passionate youth celebrated ‘Basant’ festival while flying kites in the sky. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif took notice of celebration of Basant and aerial firing despite a ban. The Punjab chief minister had ordered local management of Rawalpindi to submit a detailed report within 24-hours that why kite flying lovers celebrated ‘Basant’ and used aerial firing created fear and panic among innocent people.
The Punjab chief ministe ordered local management of Rawalpindi to submit a detailed report within 24-hours that why kite flying lovers celebrated ‘Basant’ and resorted to aerial firing. Police submitted its detailed report of kite flying incident to District Coordination Officer (DCO), Rawalpindi Sajid Zafar Daal on Saturday.