LAHORE: The police cl
aimed to have arrested MNA Jamshed Dasti’s brother along with two accomplices for cutting and smuggling of timber from a town in Muzaffargarh on Sunday and recovered stolen timber, a l
ocal tv channel reported.
According to SHO Civil Lines, the police arres
ted Dasti’s brother Mushtaq and his two associates from Chak Mithan.
The arrest was made when natives filed a complaint against them. Witnesses told the polic
e that they were cutting timber from the roadside area around Forest department’s property.
“An FIR has been been registered against the accused” he added.
Mushtaq Dasti gave the narrativ
e that he was clearing the pathways.
Jamshed Dasti said that no one should be above the law. “If his brother h
as violated the law then he should be punished,” he maintained.
