A Lahore court on Sunday directed the police to present 102 detained PTI workers before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) tomorrow, a day after they were arrested during the raid that took place at PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence when the police forced its way into his house.
Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Rasool of Lahore’s Cantt Katcheri court presided over the hearing on Sunday.
As Magistrate Ghulam Rasool directed the police to present the suspects before the ATC tomorrow because they had been booked on terror charges, he granted the police a one-day remand of the arrested PTI supporters.
Upon the hearing’s conclusion, the police took the suspects back amid high security.
Separately, unidentified PTI workers were booked on terror charges in a first information report (FIR) filed by a police official at Lahore’s Race Course police station.
Filed by Lahore Elite Force official Shehzada Ahmed Ali in the early hours of Sunday, the FIR accused PTI workers of stopping his government vehicle and raising slogans against state institutions.
It stated that as soon as the Elite Force’s car arrived at Canal Road near Zaman Park, “around 100-150 PTI workers armed with fire weapons [and] sticks came in front altogether and forcefully stopped the government vehicle”.
The FIR alleged that the workers hit the car with sticks and caused great damage.
