PTI claims catching 'spy' at Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence

Shahbaz Gill says 23-year-old was tasked with installing a device to record sensitive communication

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday claimed to have caught a Bani Gala employee who was tasked with spying at party's chairman Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence to acquire "crucial information".

Talking to media persons, PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, while sitting beside the "spy", said that the man was sent to install a specific device to record the communication at the residence.

یہاں تو فر فر بول رہا ہےpic.twitter.com/9dw6CwvzzQ

— Shahid Bhatti🇵🇰 (@SaraikiChhokra) June 26, 2022

Holding a black USB-like device in his hand, Gill said it was an extremely sensitive gadget that could record voice in the room where it was installed as well as of the one beside it.

"He was given Rs50,000 and told to install the device. Upon completing the initial task, he would carry out this task on a regular basis," the former PM's aide claimed.

When told that he didn't have access to Imran Khan's room, he was tasked with finding the man to establish his contact with the operators, Gill added.

"It is a password-protected device and runs with the help of software and has a tiny mic in it," the PTI leader said.

He expressed fear that the next task of the man would be to plant an explosive device inside the residence.

Gill told media persons that lawyers and other experts of the party wanted action against the man, but Imran Khan was against doing so.

Meanwhile, in a Twitter post, the Islamabad police said that a reporter belonging to a local private TV channel had handed over a man who couldn't talk properly and so he hadn't been identified yet.

It further stated that medical tests would be carried out to ascertain the mental and physical condition of the suspect detained.

بنی گالہ ہاؤس سے جاسوسی کرنے میں ملوث شخص کی گرفتاری کا معاملہ۔

اے آر وائی کے رپورٹر نے ایک شخص کو پولیس کے حوالے کیا جو ٹھیک طرح سے بات نہیں کرسکتا جس وجہ سے اس شخص کی ابھی تک شناخت نہیں ہوسکی۔شخص کی جسمانی اور دماغی حالت جاننے کے لئے میڈیکل ٹیسٹ کروایا جائے گا۔
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— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) June 26, 2022

The law enforcement agency further said that the man, as per reports, had been under arrest inside Bani Gala since yesterday.

It added that the reporter who handed over the man to the police did not provide any evidence or details about him. "However, police are investigating the incident and will soon reveal details about it."

اطلاعات کے مطابق شخص کو کل سے بنی گالہ ہاؤس میں گرفتار رکھا گیا تھا۔اس کیس میں ARY رپورٹر کی طرف سے کوئی شواہد یا تفصیل فراہم نہیں کی گئی۔تاہم پولیس تفتیش کررہی ہے، جلد اصل حقائق سے آگاہ کیا جائے گا۔
2/2#ICTP #OPS

— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) June 26, 2022

The Islamabad police also said they had not been provided with a list of the Bani Gala employees despite multiple requests to Imran Khan in this regard, adding that they could not check their background without it."