Salman Akram Raja says released after PTI claims detention by Islamabad police
PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja on Thursday said he was “released” after being briefly detained, with his party claiming he was held by Islamabad police. In a post on X at 4:39pm, the PTI claimed that Raja, Latasob Satti and “others were unlawfully abducted” when they were on their way to Kotli Sattian to attend a PTI worker’s funeral. A post on Latasob’s Facebook account said his son…
PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja announced on Thursday that he had been released after being detained by Islamabad police. The PTI claimed that Raja, Latasob Satti, and several others were unlawfully abducted while on their way to Kotli Sattian to attend a PTI worker's funeral. They were subsequently transferred to Nilore police station in Islamabad, and Raja stated that he, Latasob, Ikhlaq Ahmad Satti, and their friends were released after being held in detention for four hours.
The PTI secretary general alleged that the only objective of the detention was to prevent them from attending the funeral. Latasob, a retired major, shared a photo on X of him and the other PTI leaders, stating that they had been released. PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan strongly condemned the alleged detention, claiming that about 700 workers have been arrested over the past few days and that arrest warrants have been issued against several MNAs and MPAs.
The Punjab government imposed a ban on gatherings across the province from September 13 to 17 and had already taken measures to counter the PTI's planned march to the capital.
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