LAHORE: The anti-corruption and police operation at the house of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has ended, and DG Anti-Corruption Sohail Zafar left for Chatta.
The anti-corruption team and the police were present in the house of Pervaiz Elahi in Lahore throughout the night but the former Punjab Chief Minister was not found in the house, however, the operation was terminated after about 8 hours around 5:30 am.
DG Anti-Corruption Sohail Zafar Chatta left Parvez Elahi’s residence while the anti-corruption and police team left at 5:30 am without arresting the former Punjab Chief Minister.
It should be noted that the police raided the house of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi late at night, an armored vehicle entered the residence by breaking the main door, the police personnel jumped over the walls and entered the house and broke the inner entrance door and also broke the windows.
The anti-corruption team conducted this operation late at night at the residence of the former Chief Minister of Punjab in a case registered in Gujranwala, 27 people were detained in the operation.
Earlier, the road outside the house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Road, was also blocked by the police, while on the other hand, stones were pelted at the police from the house of the former Chief Minister of Punjab and water was also thrown at the policemen from the house.
According to the sources, the armored vehicle of the police broke the door of Parvez Elahi’s house and the police entered the house and detained 27 people while the search operation in the house continued for about 8 hours which has ended now.
Sources said that the people detained by the police from the residence of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi are the employees of the former Chief Minister of Punjab.
According to the anti-corruption authorities, Parvaiz Elahi was not found in the house during the search, the location of the mobile phone of the former Chief Minister of Punjab is here.
Earlier, the anti-corruption officials said that the detained persons told them that Parvaiz Elahi was present there, and the action would continue till the arrest of the former Chief Minister of Punjab.
However, early in the morning, DG Anti-Corruption Sohail Zafar Chatta left Parvez Elahi’s residence while the anti-corruption and police team also went back without arresting the former Chief Minister.
Earlier, police officials said that when the police tried to enter the house, a fire was set under the main gate from inside. After the police raid, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s lawyer said that the police officials want to arrest Elahi, Parvez Elahi has been granted bail in this case.
On the other hand, the officials of the anti-corruption department said that if the bail has been granted, then the court order should be shown to us. Police officials said that Parvaizalhi had come to say that he was not granted bail in the case, but the police had to take action on resistance.
Pervaiz Elahi’s lawyer Aamir Saeed Ran said while talking to the media that Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh granted pre-arrest bail till May 6, the confirmed order of the High Court is always received the next day, we also spoke to the office of his court. Â
