PTI leader in Umerkot arrested after court denies him bail

Nawab Zaid Talpur and his son face charges of misbehaving with police officers on May 2

HYDERABAD: An Umerkot-based Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader, who faces charges of misbehaving with police officers on May 2, was arrested on Saturday after a court denied him bail.

Nawab Zaid Talpur, nephew of Pakistan People's Party MNA Nawab Yousuf Talpur and cousin of MPA Taimur Talpur, and two other co-accused were arrested outside the Umerkot district and sessions court.

Talpur was booked after a video went viral showing him, accompanied by his son Nawab Hassan Talpur, sitting in the chair of the Umerkot police station SHO Tassawur Jatt, admonishing him for rounding up his supporter.

Zaid Talpur (drunk) brother in law of Liaquat Jatoi #PTI at Kunri Police Station Umar Kot, occupies SHO's seat & asks SHO to sit on ground. pic.twitter.com/8bhaOegXp4

— Majid Agha (@Majid_Agha) May 2, 2017

He was also seen threatening police officers in another video.

Mir Zaid Talpur, PTI leader of Kunri Distt Umarkot,Sindh,Threating POLICE officials in front of hundreds of people, State must take action pic.twitter.com/gxPDclvLLj

— Javed Nayab Laghari (@JavedNLaghari) May 2, 2017

SSP Umerkot Usman Bajwa told reporters that investigation officer Vijay Kumar had arrested Talpur and the other two men nominated in the FIR.

Talpur had earlier obtained an interim bail from the Sindh High Court and the Balochistan High Court.

Talpur's son, Hassan Talpur, is also nominated in the FIR.

Earlier, Talpur had claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case.

“What was shown to have transpired at Kunri police station [in Umerkot district on May 2] was just one aspect of the situation,” he said.

“Our political opponents couldn’t tolerate our politics. They are using the police against us. I was trapped in this incident through a conspiracy by the ruling PPP’s local leaders,” he added.