LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan testified before a joint investigation team (JIT) on Friday and defended the protests of his followers inside the cantonment regions.
The former premier was interrogated by a six-member panel comprising a DIG, SSP and four SPs for an hour at the DIG Investigation headquarters for his alleged role in the attacks on the Corps Commander House (Jinnah House) and other military installations in the city, Geo News reported citing sources.
“We will ask you only professional questions,” JIT members reportedly told Khan.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader said that the May 9 events were a plot against him and his party when questioned about whether they were planned or merely a coincidence.
He claimed, “I have nothing to do with it; it was planned elsewhere.”
He was also asked why the PTI supporters protested inside cantonment areas, to which he said, “people were bound to go there because I was arrested by a commander.”
“There is evidence that you provoked them and gave orders,” JIT asked.
According to the report, the PTI chairman denied the claim and insisted that the demonstrators were acting independently and voluntarily visiting certain locations.
The PTI head reportedly added, “Everything that happened that day was a conspiracy,” the report said.
Imran Khan claimed to not know any of the protesters shown in the images and declared that “they are not my people.”
