Special police team to probe Sept 8 PTI rally violence

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have constituted a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the ‘violence’ during the Sept 8 PTI rally.

A terrorism case was registered against the PTI leaders and supporters at the Sangjani police station in light of the Sept 8 public gathering, which was used to ratchet up the crackdown on the former ruling party, according to Daily Dawn newspaper.

Following the public gathering, the police rounded up several PTI leaders, including its chief Gohar Ali Khan who was released the next day.

The five-member special police team includes SSP Investigation Arsalan Shahzaib, also holding the office of SSP Operations, and SP Sadar Khan Zaib, who conducted the operation in which the PTI MNAs were arrested from the Parliament House, according to the newspaper.

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Other members include the Organised Crimes Unit SP, Sangjani SHO, and the investigating officer of the case. The SIT has been directed to investigate the case and arrest the suspects named in the FIR.

The head of the special team will submit an updated report every two days to the Islamabad police chief.

The PTI leaders are accused of taking the magistrate and the police officials hostage, assaulting them, and also threatening them at gunpoint. The FIR claimed the state officials had arrived on the stage to tell the PTI organisers that the requisite time for the gathering had ended and the continuation of the gathering was in violation of the NOC and the newly promulgated law that regulated gatherings in the federal capital.