LAHORE: The police declared the youth who was shot dead during the alleged operation in Badami Bagh as a drug dealer, while the relatives protested strongly against the police.
Lahore Police said that a raid was conducted to arrest a drug dealer in Badami Bagh, where a man named Shara Pathan alias Zale Shah was killed in an alleged firing while a policeman was also injured in the exchange of fire.
Police said that the injured constable was shifted to Mayo Hospital with a bullet wound on his hand.
The police described the youth who died in the firing as a drug dealer and said that the police opened fire on resistance during the raid, while the family of the deceased youth protested against the police.
