SIALKOT: Up to 17 people vandalised two vehicles of a Lahore High Court (LHC) bailiff on Friday near village Kamalpur-Motra in Daska tehsil, according a first information report lodged with the Motra police.

The bailiff arrived in the village to rescue 36 labourers, illegally detained at a local brick kiln, by its owner Zulfiqar, alias Bhutt.

When the bailiff raided the kiln, 17 people, led by Bhutto, damaged LHC bailiffs’ two vehicles, a Toyota van (JGA-5557) and a car (LEA- 8222) and held the bailiff officials hostage.

The police rescued the staff. The accused fled the scene.

The Motra police registered a case against Bhutto, Shehbaz, alias Goga, Hamza, Shahbaz Ali, Muhammad Afzal, Nouman Afzal and Iftikhar Ali with no arrest.

Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2019