A day after Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested in the Toshakhana case, a new twist surfaced on Sunday wherein a top Pakistani English daily claimed that Lahore Police mistakenly arrested him despite the court had ordered Islamabad Police to nab him.
The additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ), Humayun Dilawar, had ordered the capital police chief to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman, but instead, he was arrested by the Punjab police, who later brought him from Lahore amid tight security, Dawn sources claimed.
Earlier on Saturday, Khan was arrested shortly after an Islamabad trial court declared him guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three years in prison.
The court order issued for the inspector general of Police (IGP) Islamabad said: “This is to authorise and require you the IG Islamabad Police to arrest the convict Imran Khan Niazi son of Ikramullah Khan and to send him to Central Prison Adyala, Rawalpindi, for serving out the stated sentences.”
Authorities shifted Imran Khan in wrong jail
Not only this, Pakistan police made another mistake by shifting the former Prime Minister to the wrong jail. According to the court orders, he should have been shifted to Adiala jail but instead, he was transferred to Attock jail in Punjab.
Another order issued for the Adiala jail superintendent said: “This is to authorise and require you the said superintendent to receive the said convict Imran Khan Niazi into your custody in the said jail, together with this warrant for serving out the stated sentences.” However, he was neither arrested by the capital police nor detained at Adiala jail, reported Dawn.
