LAHORE: Police carried out a search operation in nine seminaries of different schools of thought in the provincial capital and took 14 students in custody for interrogation.

The arrests were made from Jamia Masjid Fatima and Muhammadi Masjid in Nawab Town (Chuhng police circle), ASP Irfan Samoon told Dawn.

Earlier, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains said police teams checked particulars of 1,100 students in seven seminaries.

The CCPO said that during first seven months of current year, Lahore police, under the National Action Plan (NAP), conducted search operations at more than 150,000 houses, 2,500 hotels and inns, 4,000 shops and other places, including 80 seminaries.

Mr Wains further said more than 4,000 cases had been registered for violation of loudspeaker act, publication and distribution of sectarian material, wall chalking and provocative speeches.