"The madrassa officials claim that they had chained those students because they were drug addicts and they wanted to rehabilitate them and make them better Muslims," the police official said. Khaskheli said a full scale investigation had been started which would also inquire about any possible links with militants.
"Every possibility including its involvement in militancy will be investigated upon," said Sharfuddin Memon, a spokesman for the home department of Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital. Memon said the incident highlighted the brutality in society. "It showed the brutalised aspect of our society and our police's effort was aimed at eradicating that element," he said. A local private TV showed footage of the madrassa and the chained students, who danced in jubilation as police started to release them.