DJ Butt held days before PDM event

Published December 10, 2020
Police on Wednesday arrested sound system provider DJ Butt on the charges of possessing an illegal weapon and interference in official work. — Photo by Shakeel Qarar/File
Police on Wednesday arrested sound system provider DJ Butt on the charges of possessing an illegal weapon and interference in official work. — Photo by Shakeel Qarar/File

LAHORE: Just a few days ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) power show at Minar-i-Pakistan, police on Wednesday arrested sound system provider DJ Butt on the charges of possessing an illegal weapon and interference in official work.

Mr Butt has been providing a sound system to the rallies of the PML-N in Lahore and elsewhere and for the Dec 13 rally his services were hired.

According to the FIR, police raided the office of DJ Butt in Model Town and registered a case for possessing illegal weapon and interference in official work by manhandling the raiding team members.

Police also allegedly manhandled a couple of reporters who reached the Model Town police station to get the FIR copy. The reporters were recording the comments of Mr Butt at the police station when policemen manhandled them and tried to snatch their mobile phones.

Mr Butt said that he had been arrested unfairly.

Interestingly, during the last PML-N regime, Butt was arrested for being sound system provider of the PTI political gathering. That time PTI chairman Imran Khan had strongly condemned his arrest. Now PML-N has condemned his arrest.

“Imran Khan is a small man who is targeting the caterers and sound-system providers like DJ Butt to create hurdles in the PDM rally on Dec 13,” PML-N Punjab information secretary Marriyum Auranzeb said.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists condemned manhandling of two journalists of Voicepk.net who went to the police station for the confirmation of arrest of DJ Butt.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2020

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