ISLAMABAD: The Capital Police on Wednesday declared that it had arrested 316 PTI supporters allegedly involved in attack on police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on March 18 when PTI Chairman Imran Khan appeared before a court in Toshakhana case.
According to police’s claim, during the violent confrontation, a contingent of the law enforcers and PTI supporters used anti-riot gear against each other with teargas to push the opposing side back. The PTI used stones against the police alongside petrol bombs to set their vehicles on fire.
Police had also lodged a first information report (FIR) with terrorism charges against Imran and more than a dozen PTI leaders.
The police in its tweet accused PTI supporters of “incitement, arson, vandalism and attacks on police”.
It added that police teams were conducting further raids for more arrests and that the identification process of all suspects with the help of cameras was underway.
The police further said, “Other districts are being alerted about the suspects arrested for being involved in violent incidents so that suspects could be handed over to the police of those districts.”
The Islamabad police also detailed its plan of action against various individuals including government officials, company employees and immigrants, if they found to have been involved in Saturday’s chaotic events.
On the matter of the suspected involvement of any government officials in the “violent actions”, the capital police said alerts of their involvement were being sent to the “relevant departments so that departmental action could be taken”.
It added that civil servants active on social media who were involved in the “inciting actions” were also being identified so departmental action could be taken against them as well.
The capital police also stated that alerts about the involvement of employees from private organizations and companies in “terrorist activities” would be sent to their respective organizations.
The police further said that Letters are being written to the respective foreign embassies of the immigrants found involved in these actions. Legal action is also being taken against the facilitators financially assisting these violent protests.
Giving the detail of the losses, it said that “58 police officials were injured during the violent vandalism while 12 cars, 20 motorcycles and a police check-post were set on fire”.
Meanwhile, In a tweet today, the former premier Imran Khan said that he strongly condemn the custodial torture that was being done on PTI workers & leaders including Amjad Niazi, and now, from what he has learnt, on Hassaan Niazi who was first abducted immediately after he got bail, and then named falsely in another FIR. “Shameful fascism and law of the jungle,” he added.
