LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of 44 accused involved in three cases related to May-9 violence.
The court issued the warrants of 9 accused in a case of damaging CCTV cameras, 19 accused in a case of damaging police vehicles and 16 accused in a case of torching police vehicles registered by Race Course police, Mughalpura police and Gulberg police respectively.
ATC Judge Abher Gul Khan issued the warrants on an application filed by the police for the purpose.
The police had submitted that the accused were involved in cases related to May-9 violence but they had not joined the investigations despite the issuance of the notices. It submitted that the accused were hiding to avoid their arrest and pleaded with the court to issue their non-bailable arrest warrants.