A group of madrasa students on Wednesday beat up a group of journalists here for drinking water during the fasting hours. The madrasa management claims the journalists were drinking water during the day and that they were initially asked to stop and beaten when they continued to drink water.
A reporter from Din News, Ali Usman, said he and five other team members were assigned to interview lawyer Salman Akram Raja who is representing Nawaz Prime Minister Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz in the Panamagate corruption scandal.
He said one of the cameramen, Rashid Azeem, went into the madrasa close by and poured water over his head to cool off. Some students asked him why he was drinking water and left when they were told Azeem was pouring the water on his head.
According to Usman, they saw that the madrasa management was stealing electricity and one of the cameramen started recording. He said it instigated the students who started beating Azeem, breaking two of his teeth and snatching his camera. A source in the madrasa said the team members were drinking water in the madrasa when they came in to pray.
