Police have registered a case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan for forcefully securing the release of arrested party workers from police custody.
Case No. 201 lodged in the Secretariat police station states that Imran Khan and his accomplices stopped the police vehicle carrying arrested workers while it was on the premises of the police station. Khan got the arrested workers released and fled.
The case also mentions interference in official matters and violation of section 144. Apart from Imran Khan, the FIR includes Saifullah Niazi, Raja Ghazanfar, Raja Masood, Ali Shah, Khurram Nawaz and Jameel Abbasi.
Earlier, Khan stopped a police prisoner van outside Lake View Park after which he along with his supporters coerced the cops into setting free at least 15 PTI workers.