MUZAFFARGARH: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill was released by police in the wee hours on Monday.
Shahbaz Gill was detained by police from a factory during polling of by-election in Punjab Assembly constituence PP-272 in Muzaffargarh on Sunday.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson and Punjab Home Minister Atta Tarar said that Shahbaz Gill was been arrested for allegedly visiting different polling stations during the by-elections in the city with his security guards who were dressed as FC personnel.
Gill denied all the allegations of keeping any security guards dressed up in FC officials’ uniforms. He said that he had been engaged for three hours and was suddenly arrested without a warrant.
Read more: PML-N, PPP’s seperate meetings to be held today
“Strongly condemn illegal arrest of Shahbaz Gill simply to try [and] rig elections [and] spread fear in [people],” PTI Chairman Imran Khan wrote on Twitter, taking notice of the incident.
“These fascist tactics will not work [and] our [people] will not be deterred from exercising their right to vote. Handlers of imported govt should realise the damage they are doing to our nation,” he added. Commenting on the development, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that private security companies recruit retired personnel, adding that directions have been issued to authorities concerned that all such private companies should be banned.
