ISLAMABAD: Siddique Jan, Bol News bureau chief, was arrested in connection with rioting that erupted outside the Judicial Complex during former premier Imran Khan’s hearing, the Islamabad police said on Tuesday.
Siddique Jan was picked up from his office by a dozen men in civilian clothes yesterday and taken away in a private vehicle to an undisclosed location.
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“Siddique Jan will be presented in court in time,” the ICT said in a tweet, without specifying the timeframe.
صدیق جان ولد جان محمد کو اسلام آباد کیپیٹل پولیس نے تھانہ سی ٹی ڈی کے مقدمہ 03/23 میں گرفتار کیا۔
18 مارچ جوڈیشل کمپلیکس جلاؤ گھیراؤ کے واقعات کے تناظر میں گرفتار کیا گیا۔ صدیق جان کو وقت پر عدالت میں پیش کردیا جائے گا۔#ICTP
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) March 21, 2023
The capital police had on Sunday lodged a first information report (FIR) — including terrorism charges — against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and more than a dozen people at the CTD Police Station for allegedly attacking police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex.
