Quetta: Turbat Police has registered an FIR against the main organizer of Baloch Solidarity Committee, Dr Mehring Baloch, President Makran High Court Bar Association Mehrab Khan Gachki and other senior lawyers for violation of Section 144 and forced closure of shops.
The booked leaders and BYC workers gathered at the main Turbat Chowk, police said. The police claimed that the leaders made inflammatory speeches against the government and forcibly closed shops and markets in violation of Section 144 before holding a seminar on missing persons.
According to the FIR, cases were registered against Dr Mehring Baloch, Mulla Mansoor and others under Sections 341, 188, 186, 506, 5027 and 147 of the Pakistan Penal Code. However, no one has been arrested yet.
Members of Catch Bar Association and Makran High Court Bar Association started a protest in front of Turbat police station and offered to arrest the police. However, the police refused to arrest any lawyer on this occasion. The lawyers boycotted the court proceedings on Wednesday and said that the boycott would continue till Friday.