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An FIR has been registered against Dr Mahrang Baloch, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief organizer, and 150 others.
Reportedly, the police have filed an FIR against Dr Mahrang Baloch, chief organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), and 150 others on the offense of violence and forcibly taking away bodies from a morgue.
The police claimed that the members of BYC attacked the Civil Hospital Quetta morgue and took away the bodies of five ‘militants’, involved in train hijackers earlier this month.
The FIR has been registered at Sariab Police Station on March 22, under the different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
The FIR cover offences like terrorism, murder and attempted murder, incitement to violence and rebellion, creating disorder and promoting racial hatred, and property damage.
he FIR also includes the names of several important BYC leaders, such as Beebow Baloch, Gulzadi Satakzai, Dr. Sabiha Baloch, Sabatullah Baloch, Gulzar Dost, Riaz Gashkori, and Dr. Shali Baloch.
According to the FIR, these leaders are accused of encouraging rioters to shoot at police officers, bystanders, and even their own protesters. This violence led to the deaths of three people and injured 15 police officers.
Another FIR, filed at the Civil Lines Police Station, accuses around 100 to 150 BYC supporters of forcing their way into Civil Hospital, breaking into the morgue, and taking away the bodies. The report also says they stopped a private ambulance at Hockey Chowk, attacked the driver, and loaded the bodies into the ambulance.
In addition, an FIR at the Brewery Police Station accuses BYC leaders Gulzadi Baloch, Ali Jan, Shoaib, Syed Noor Shah, Waheed, Jahanzeb, Zohaib Baloch, and over 100 others of blocking the Western Bypass Road in Quetta on Saturday. They are also accused of chanting slogans against the state and encouraging public disorder.
Police officials say that Dr. Mahrang Baloch’s arrest has not been officially announced. She is not in Civil Lines Police custody and is currently being held in Quetta District Jail under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law.