By Asif Chaudhry
LAHORE: The police reportedly thwarted a mob attack on a worship place of the Ahmadi community in Samanabad here on Friday.
A strong contingent of force from several police stations responded to the emergency 15 call from the community when local residents were about to march towards their (Ahmadi) worship place.
鈥淪ix SHOs, a DSP, a divisional SP and an SSP rushed to the site along with armed policemen on the direction of Lahore Operations DIG Faisal Kamran to rescue members of the Ahmadi community at any cost,鈥 a police officer told Dawn. He said some women and children were also among worshipers.
As the mob tried to surround the worship place, the police launched a major operation and rescued women, children and other worshipers, shifted them to a secured area and increased security of the worship place.
Police high-ups also engaged known local figures, including religious leaders, to maintain peace.
An Ahmadi worshiper told Dawn his community had built a worship place on Poonch Road and got it re