Choocha and Umar were involved in drug peddling.
Ramzan alias Jhanna was involved in various criminal cases. As the residents of the locality started lodging complaints against accused persons, they nurtured a grudge against complainants and threatened them.
On Wednesday, at around 11 am, Zohaib, the son of Amin Khan, a neighbour was standing in the street when Danish alias Choocha along with three other accused persons exchanged some harsh words with him. Afterwards, they became angry and gave a good thrashing to Zohaib. Amin Khan, who worked as a Naib Court, went to complain to Ramzan alias Jhana and other persons. He had just reached the house of Ramzan alias Jhana when he and other accused persons opened an indiscriminate firing. As a result, Amin Khan received bullet injuries. The accused roamed in the locality while firing indiscriminately and shot at anyone they came across. They attacked the houses of the residents with a volley of bullets.
Afterwards, they went to the house of Rafiq, another complainant, and started indiscriminate firing. As a result, Saleema Bibi received bullet-injuries. They beat the daughters of Rafiq as well. Animals tied outside the house of Rafiq were also injured.
The accused kept on firing and roaming freely in the locality for more than an hour and injured at least seven persons. Residents said that as the firing started, they kept on calling police but they responded very late.
Another resident, Shafiq said that his son Tauseef was stabbed with a knife by the main accused person, Ramzan alias Jhana on April 28, 2014. They had lodged a complaint (diary number 1462) to the Harbanspura SHO but no FIR was registered nor was any action taken.
Rafiq, son of Bashir, said that Ramzan alias Jhana and two other accomplices had threatened their family many times. They had lodged a complaint to the Harbanspura SHO on July, 8, 2014 (diary number- 1299) asking for a strict action against the accused persons and provide them protection.
ASI Rafaqat Dogar of Harbanspura police said that he had received the application of the residents against the accused persons few days ago. He said he was keeping an eye on the accused persons to find their involvement in the alleged crimes.
Mughalpura Circle DSP Abdul-Qayyum Gondal said that they were looking for the accused persons and they would arrest them soon. When asked about the complaints of drug-peddling by Jhana Gang, he said that these cases and complaints were not lodged in his circle.
Harbanpura and Mughalpura police have registered cases of the recent incident but failed to arrest any of the attackers.
SP Cantt Nadeem said that he was not aware of the involvement of a banned outfit in the incident.