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Madrassa students attack guests at wedding party in Pak

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

The incident occurred in Dad Laghari area of Ghotki yesterday. Women were singing the Sindhi folk song "Sehra" when students from a nearby madrassa attacked guests at the wedding with sticks and stones.

A man named Hadi Bux Malik and his son-in-law, Hajan Malik, were injured. The students were led by a cleric named Maulvi Tayyab Arain, The Express Tribune reported.

"It was my son's engagement," said Hadi Bux.

"They asked us to stop singing and used abusive language for our women and children."

Hadi Bux and his relatives went to the local police station to register an FIR.

Instead police detained Hajan and registered a case against him on the complaint of Arain, who too reached the station with the seminary students.

"The police did not listen to us," Hadi Bux said.

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The students used abusive language in the police station, he added.

"It was not the first time that these students attacked us. The whole city is afraid of them," Hadi Bux said.

Arain claimed the people at the wedding were singing songs at the time of 'Isha' prayers.

"We've told them before not to play drums or sing during prayers timings," he claimed.

"We did not attack their home

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First Published: Oct 01 2012 | 12:55 PM IST

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