A Lahore anti-terrorism court docket granted police 10 days’ bodily remand of PTI founder Imran Khan in reference to 12 cases over the May 9 riots.
Countrywide protests erupted on May 9 final 12 months after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court in a corruption case.
While the protests had been underway, social media was flooded with footage of rioting and vandalism at varied spots, together with the Lahore Corps Commander’s residence and General Headquarters, the military’s head of workplace in Rawalpindi.
A 13-member workforce of the Lahore police’s investigation wing had visited Adiala Jail on Saturday to quiz the previous prime minister relating to the violence.
Sources stated the PTI chief had refused to fulfill the Lahore police workforce after they tried to achieve entry to him to interrogate him in regards to the May 9 cases, in which he was nominated on varied offences, together with expenses of scary the general public towards the state.
Lahore Investigation DIG Zeeshan Asghar advised Dawn that the police arrested the PTI founder as he was the prime suspect in the 12 cases registered at varied police stations in town. Another senior officer advised Dawn that the investigation police arrested the PTI founder in 12 out of the whole 16 cases registered by the Lahore police over the May 9 assaults.
Out of the dozen cases registered towards the previous premier, police officers stated that two in explicit, which pertained to the assaults on the residence of the Lahore corps commander and the Askari Tower, had been the main focus of police excessive-ups.
The cases had been registered towards Imran over his alleged involvement in the assault on a police station in Shadman, navy installations, authorities properties and officers.
The first info reviews had been registered with the Sarwar Road, Gulberg, Race Course, Naseerabad, Shadman, and different police stations of Lahore.
Anti-Terrorism Court-I Judge Khalid Arshad performed the listening to right now in which the police requested a 30-day bodily remand of the previous premier to conduct an investigation on the 12 cases.
Imran was taken on a video name through WhatsApp from Adiala Jail whereas he was represented by his legal professionals Azhar Siddique and Usman Gul who opposed the police’s remand request, saying that the PTI founder needed to be offered in particular person for the method.
The decide reserved his verdict after listening to the arguments and introduced it shortly later, granting the police Imran’s 10-day bodily remand for 5 cases at Sarwar Road police station, three at Gulberg police station and one every at Race Course, Shadman, Model Town and Mughalpura police stations.
