Restaurant workers arrested for refusing to give free 'burgers' to police in Pakistan

A group of police officers in Pakistan became enraged when a fast food restaurant refused to hand them free burgers, suspending all 19 employees in the branch.

Workers at the restaurant of the popular fast food chain "Johnny & Gujno" in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore have been suspended for seven hours.

"This isn't the first time something like this has happened with our kitchen teams at our restaurant, but we want to make sure it's the last," the fast-food chain said in a statement posted on social media.

The problem started when the staff at the restaurant refused "a request from a special, high-ranking guest".

Employees at the restaurant said that most of those arrested were young men, and most of them were university students.

Inam Ghani, a senior official in the Punjab state police, to which Lahore is affiliated, wrote on Twitter that following the protests following this incident, nine police officers involved were arrested on Sunday.

Ghani said, "No one is allowed to take the law himself."

There are many suspicions about the involvement of members of the Pakistani police in corruption cases and their demand for bribes from local companies.

Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister, called for Punjab police reform, saying politicians had appointed "close friends";

To control the police stations.