Police have registered a case against several lawyers who allegedly attacked YouTuber Rajab Butt during his court appearance at the Karachi City Court.

 

According to reports, Barrister Mian Ali Ashfaq, Butt's lawyer, filed the First Information Report (FIR) against Advocate Riaz Ali Solangi and his associates.

 

The charges include sections 147, 148, 382, 506 and 337 A(1) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

 

In his statement, Barrister Ashfaq said he had accompanied his client to the court to seek interim bail. When they arrived, Advocate Riaz Ali Solangi, Abdul Fatah and 15 to 20 other individuals attacked Butt and left him injured.

 

"He was also harassed and threatened with death. His bag, which contained three lakh rupees in cash, was snatched from him," said Ashfaq.

 

Butt had come to court to attend a hearing in a blasphemy case that Haideri Police Station filed against him. The court had already granted him interim bail in the matter.

 

The lawyers reportedly said they attacked Butt because he insulted their profession in a viral video.

 

Butt had earlier responded to Karachi lawyers who claimed they had gotten him placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), blocked his passport and brought him back from the United Kingdom (UK) to Pakistan.

 

"I have seen the video of Karachi lawyers saying they have put my name in the ECL, they blocked my passport, they summoned me from the UK to Pakistan. However, my name is in the Pakistan's Passport Control List (PCL)," Butt said in the video.

 

"Let me tell you one thing: you don't have that much worth, nor do you possess the caliber to bring me from the UK to Lahore. You don't even look like lawyers to me. The way you dress, you sit there chewing gutka. You don't even know whether my name is in the ECL or PCL," he added.

 

The assault occurred as soon as Butt, along with fellow TikToker Nadeem Mubarak entered the court compound on Monday.

 

Eyewitnesses reported that the attackers beat the YouTuber and inflicted injuries to his jaw and mouth, which led to bleeding. They also tore his clothes during the assault. His legal counsel tried to intervene and stop the attack.

 

Court staff and police personnel arrived at the scene and dispersed the attackers.