Police arrest two for aerial firing; seven kite flyers, sellers.

RAWALPINDI -- Rawalpindi district police on the special directives of City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Muhammad Ahsan Younas on Wednesday continued raids to net those involved in aerial firing and kite flying ban violation and managed to arrest two for aerial firing and seven on kite flying and selling.

According to a police spokesman, Pirwadhai police arrested two namely Adil Waheed and Muhammad Hamza, who were engaged in aerial firing during Basant after a video they posted on social media of the act went viral. Police also recovered a 12 bore repeater and a 30 bore pistol from their possession.

SHO Pirwadhai informed that two other accused involved in aerial firing, Raja Ali and Raja Asad who were identified from the same video were already sent behind the bars. The accused youngsters posted a video on their social media accounts showed them enjoying on their rooftop as they fired into the sky aimlessly. As they carried out the criminal activity using automatic guns and pistols and songs could be heard playing in the background, he added.

Police consequently identified the young men and arrested four who were seen in the video. Weapons were also recovered from the detained individuals, police said, adding that they were carrying out raids to search for and nab the remaining persons.

Meanwhile, Rawalpindi police have held seven other accused allegedly involved in kite flying and...