- Circumstances towards 100 PTI leaders, employees lodged at police stations.
- A number of prices levelled towards PTI members, say police.
- Petrol bottle recovered from possession of suspect Tahir.
RAWALPINDI: Circumstances have been lodged towards Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur beneath the terrorism prices, alleging them of involvement in violent demonstrations and vandalism in Rawalpindi, The Information reported on Monday.
New City police station officers filed the primary data reviews (FIRs) towards the PTI leaders beneath Part 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and related sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
The police additionally mentioned instances have been lodged at 4 police stations — Metropolis, Waris Khan, New City and RA Bazaar — towards greater than 100 PTI leaders and supporters, together with Amir Mughal, Simabiah Tahir, MPA Asad Abbas and Ijaz Khan.
A policeman concerned within the investigation mentioned along with the cost of conspiracy to commit vandalism, a number of different prices together with interference in authorities operations, rioting and an assault on a authorities car with a petroleum bomb have been additionally levelled towards them.
Former prime minister Imran, KP CM Gandapur, and 45 different leaders and activists, have been nominated within the first FIR that claims that the contributors created unrest, obstructed public entry by burning tires and creating difficulties for residents.
Police officers reported that 5 suspects have been arrested on the scene, together with Khalil, Imran, Sadaqat, Yaseen, and Tahir. A petroleum bottle was recovered from the possession of suspect Tahir. The fees included terrorism, tried homicide, vandalism, destroying public and state property, and interference in authorities operations.
In response to the FIR, PTI leaders and activists raised anti-government slogans, hurled stones on the police and attacked with iron rods.
A number of police autos, together with that of SP Rawal, have been broken, and one police officer sustained a extreme eye harm from glass. The FIR additionally said that the accused seized authorities firearms and fired them within the air, inflicting panic. Police confirmed that instances have been registered, and raids have been being carried out to apprehend further suspects.
In the meantime, the federal capital police have arrested former senator of Jamaat-e-Islami Mushtaq Ahmed along with his spouse and ten different activists for breaking Part 144, throughout an illustration towards Israel on Sunday.