Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has been arrested in Thursday's early hours from Murree Motorway by the Murree police, the police stated.
The police told that the former federal minister was arrested from the motorway and taken to his residence where the police conducted a search.
According to the police, a bottle of liquor and a weapon were recovered from Sheikh Rashid's residence in a private housing society in Islamabad and the former railway minister was intoxicated when arrested.
A case was filed against Rashid in the Aabpara police station Islamabad on PPP's Rawalpindi Division President Raja Inayat ur-Rehman's application. Rashid was booked for hurling allegations at former president Asif Ali Zardari for hatching a plot to assassinate Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.
Talking to journalists after his arrest, the AML Chairman said, "Police thrashed up his children. I was wronged."
The former Railway Minister said that at least 100 to 200 armed people broke into his residence with the help of ladders, busted the doors and windows of the house, thrashed his helpers and searched his residence.
The former interior minister said police forcibly hustled him into their vehicle, adding that he was arrested despite the bail granted by Mian Tahir's court.
The former interior minister blamed the incumbent interior minister Rana Sanaullah saying, "Rana Sanaullah is behind all this." He, however, said that truth would prevail at the end of the day, and he stands by Imran Khan.
Imran condemns arrest
Former premier Imran Khan, in a Tweet, condemned the arrest of his close aide and AML chief saying he "strongly condemns" the arrest.
The PTI Chief added that "never in our history have we had such a biased, vindictive Caretaker govt appt by totally discredited ECP. "Question is can Pak afford a street movement which we are being pushed towards at a time when Imported Govt has bankrupted us?" he questioned.
In the FIR, the PPP divisional president stated that the AML chief tried to badmouth a former president and cause a "permanent danger" to the PPP co-chairman and his family. The FIR added that Rashid, with his provocatory allegations, wants to cause a fight between the PTI and the PPP and disrupt the country's peace.
The PPP leader added that the AML chief claimed to have vital information regarding a 'conspiracy' being hatched to assassinate the PTI chief. "If that's the case, then the police should take both the leaders into custody under Section 150 and 151 and fail the conspiracy" to stop the spread of unrest in the country, he added.
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