Former AJK PM Sardar Tanveer Ilyas arrested

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas has been arrested by the Margalla Police in Islamabad.

According to the police spokesperson, Ilyas was taken into custody after a case was registered against him at the Margalla Police Station.

The police officials stated that Ilyas has been charged with six serious offenses, including attacking a private company’s office.

According to the FIR, the accused Sardar Tanveer Ilyas tried to seize the central offices and relevant documents of the Centarus shopping centre by using force and shotgun fire during the attack.

Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, Muhammad Ali, Anil Sultan, Rizwan, and other unknown individuals were nominated in the FIR.

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The FIR said that Sardar Tanveer, accompanied by an armed group of 20 to 25 individuals, entered the office of the shopping mall by breaking the lock, with intentions to take control of the premises.

However, their attempt was thwarted by the vigilant security guards. Sardar Tanveer allegedly issued threats to kill Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan and Sardar Dr Rashid Ilyas Khan, along with their colleagues.

The FIR added that these individuals subjected the security officer to physical assault, and upon receiving information about the incident, law enforcement officials reached the scene, where Sardar Tanveer allegedly fired at Colonel (R) Tipu Sultan, who narrowly escaped the bullets. 

Meanwhile, Ilyas’s spokesperson said that the police had scaled the walls of the former PM’s house to arrest him.

The spokesperson added that the sanctity of Ilyas’s home had been violated in the arrest.