Baloch leaders booked for 'supporting' PM Modi's statements on Balochistan in Independence Day speech

Pakistan police have registered five cases against Baloch leaders Brahamdagh Bugti, Harbiyar Marri and Banuk Karima Baloch for allegedly supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statements on Balochistan in his Independence Day speech from the historical Red Fort in New Delhi.

According to Dawn.com, the cases were registered on the complaints registered at five police stations at Khuzdar area in Balochistan.

The complaint filed against the Baloch leader also says that Bugti, Marri and Baloch had 'supported' Modi's Independence Day speech on August 15 this year.

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The dawn report further says that the Baloch leaders were booked under sections of Pakistan Penal Code that refer to "waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against Pakistan."

One of the petitioners also alleged that the Baloch leaders had asked PM Modi to commit aggression against Pakistan.

PM Modi had highlighted human rights violations by Pakistan in Balochistan, the Giligit-Baltistan region  and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) in his Independence Day speech on August 15 this year. Later, the Pakistani media had said that PM's speech was a breach of international norms and intrusion of India into Pakistan’s sovereignty.

After PM Modi's statements on Balochistan, many Baloch leaders and activists had staged massive protests in Dera Bugti, Khuzdar, Quetta, Chaman and other parts of Balochistan.