ISLAMABAD: Police have arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan in May 9 riots case.
Ghulam Sarwar Khan along with his son Mansoor Hayat and nephew Ammar Siddiqui were taken into custody from his friend’s house in F-8 Sector of the federal capital.
Police said the former minister was wanted in the attack over Judicial Complex and incidents of violence on May 9 triggered by the arrest of the PTI chief. Police added that case against the accused are registered in Islamabad, Taxila and Rawalpindi.
Police have been on the lookout for the former minister and conducted several raids for his arrest. The authorities had also sealed his petrol pump.
Violent clashes broke out across the country after the PTI chairman was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) last month. The protests were held cities nationwide as the party workers resorted to violence. Army installations and Corps Commander’s house in Lahore came under attack during a protest of PTI workers.
The demonstrators destroyed public and private properties, attacked military installations and ransacked the monuments of martyrs. The civil and military leadership resolved to give exemplary punishment under the Army Act to all those involved in hooliganism, arson, and ransacking of properties.
