Islamabad police on Sunday said five officers, including the Margalla station house officer (SHO), had been suspended following a preliminary inquiry into Saturday’s raid at the residence of PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan.
The raid at Barrister Gohar’s house, located in F-7, was conducted on Saturday while he was appearing before the Supreme Court for the hearing on the petition against the restoration of the party’s electoral symbol. After being informed of the raid, he had told the apex court about the incident and left for his home.
Later, he had returned to the court and informed the bench that his son and nephew had been tortured by the police. Subsequently, the SC had taken notice of the raid and summoned the chief of the capital police.
Initially, the police had denied that any raid was conducted at Gohar’s residence, but later a video went viral on social media after which the police issued “contradictory statements” about the raid.
