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PESHAWAR: After reviews surfaced that tear gasoline was used throughout the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally in Islamabad, the Central Police Workplace (CPO) of Peshawar has sought particulars concerning the tear gasoline provide accessible with the police division.
Islamabad Inspector Basic Ali Nasir Rizvi on Wednesday mentioned round 1,000 supporters of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan had been arrested by legislation enforcers, once they stormed Islamabad this week to demand launch of the PTI founder.
As per the Islamabad IG, weapons, together with computerized rifles and tear gasoline weapons, had been seized from the protest web site the place 1000’s had gathered.
Whereas, Khan’s aides alleged, with out offering proof, that a whole bunch had suffered gunshot wounds throughout chaotic scenes in a single day within the coronary heart of Islamabad as police dispersed protesters led by Khan’s spouse who had damaged by way of safety barricades. Additionally they mentioned 1000’s had been arrested.
Rizvi denied that reside ammunition had been used throughout the operation, which he mentioned police had carried out alongside paramilitary forces and the location was cleared in a matter of hours.
In the meantime, the Peshawar CPO has written a letter to all of the deputy inspector generals and heads of different items.
The CPO famous {that a} letter was written on November 21 directing the police division to stay apolitical throughout the political rigidity, elevating suspicion over reported use of tear gasoline throughout the protest.
“Particulars of the precise tear gasoline inventory accessible and its utilization over the past one week needs to be supplied,” the CPO ordered.
The CPO mentioned a group would bodily confirm the inventory accessible in numerous items and areas.
“Information have emerged on social and digital media that allegedly tear gasoline has been utilized by protestors throughout present protest at Islamabad. Due to this fact, retaining in view the above, a group from workplace of the AIG/Logistics, CPO, Peshawar, could be deputed for bodily verification of accessible shares of tear gasoline with areas and totally different items vis-à-vis information of shares being conveyed to CPO, Peshawar, by totally different areas/items on month-to-month foundation,” it mentioned.