Imran Khan, former Pakistan PM, arrested in corruption case, party leader says ‘he’s being beaten'
Imran Khan's arrest: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been arrested, local TV has reported. A PTI leader has claimed that Imran Khan is being tortured
PremiumImran Khan, former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief, was arrested by the paramilitary force in a corruption case on Tuesday. Imran Khan was taken into custody from a court premises in Islamabad in a corruption case, according to the reports. A video of Imran Khan's dramatic arrest outside the high court in Pakistan is being shared on social media.
"Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case," the Islamabad police official Twitter account said, referring to a graft case.
Imran Khan's arrest comes a day after the powerful army had accused the former prime minister of levelling baseless allegations against a senior officer of the spy agency ISI.
Musarrat Cheema, the PTI leader, in a video message on Twitter, said: "They are torturing Imran Khan right now…they are beating Khan sahib. They have done something with Khan sahib."
"Imran Khan's car has been surrounded," Imran Khan's aide Fawad Chaudhry said. The PTI leader also said that Imran Khan was dragged out of the court and into a police vehicle. Terming it as an “abduction", Chaudhry said the former premier is now in the custody of the security forces.
WHAT HAPPENED AT COURT?
Imran Khan, who travelled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was undergoing a biometric process at the court when the Rangers broke open the glass window and arrested him after beating lawyers and Imran Khan's security staff, according to senior party leader Shireen Mazari.
TV footage showed the Rangers grabbing Khan from the collar and bundling him into a prison van.
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