Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the leader of the Awami Muslim League (AML), was arrested by police by police in Rawalpindi in the early hours of Thursday. Rashid Shafiq, his nephew and former MNA, confirmed Sheikh Rashid’s arrest.
Rashid Shafiq stated that a large contingent arrived at AML chief Sheikh Rashid’s residence in a Rawalpindi private housing society and arrested him. He also claimed that the police had not informed the family that Sheikh Rashid had been arrested.
Police have shifted Sheikh Rashid to Abpara Police Station after the arrest where an FIR (First Information Report) was registered against him on the complaint of Raja Inayat Rehman, the vice president of PPP’s Rawalpindi division for accusing former president Asif Ali Zardari of plotting the assassination of PTI chief Imran Khan.
Sheikh Rashid also shared his picture on his Twitter account in which he can be seen sitting in the Abpara Police Station, Islamabad in a happy mood and smoking a cigar.
Talking to the media after the arrest, Sheikh Rashid said that hundreds of police officials barged into his house in the wee hours of Thursday without any warrants and arrested him.
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He also alleged that police have beaten his servants and broken the doors and windows of his house. He said that an FIR has also been filed against him after his arrest. He also alleged that interior minister Rana Sanaullah was behind his arrest.
