- The FIR states “a plan orchestrated at Adiala jail”.
- “Detainees, undercover police officers” among the witnesses.
- PTI leaders “incited people to mutiny against the armed forces and the government.”
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and top leaders of another party were on Friday jailed in a ‘triple murder case’ involving three Rangers personnel who died during of “do-or-die” last month.
A first information report (FIR) was lodged at Ramna police station in Islamabad, stating that the incident took place in accordance with an “orchestrated plan at Adiala Jail” – where the former prime minister Imran Khan has been incarcerated for over a year.
He adds that the martyrdom of the paramilitaries took place “at the request of the founder of the PTI” and that “some inmates and employees of the undercover prison police are witnesses to this plan”.
PTI central leaders including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Salman Akram Raja, Murad Saeed, Zulfi Bukhari, Raoof Hasan , Hammad Azhar and others were also among those named. the case.
The FIR stated that Bushra and other accused had incited people to mutiny against the armed forces and the government through a video message which led to the unfortunate incident.
He added that a vehicle driven by an unidentified individual rammed into three Rangers personnel carrying out security duties during the PTI protest.
The senior PTI leaders have been charged in the case with murder under terrorism and 10 sections of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The high-profile PTI protest in Islamabad, aimed at securing the release of the PTI founder, had culminated in the party’s hasty withdrawal after the government’s crackdown on the protesters at midnight.
Today’s development came after the PTI and the coalition government traded blame for the violence during the high-profile protest that left four law enforcement officers dead in Islamabad last month .
During the three days of demonstrations, violent clashes broke out between the police and the demonstrators. At least four members of the security forces, including three Rangers and a police officer, were killed in these clashes.
The former ruling party has since claimed that at least 12 of its employees were killed and 1,000 arrested.
However, the government categorically denied using live ammunition against protesters and said four law enforcement officers, including three Rangers members and a police officer, were killed during the protest.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.