Gill booked for possession of illegal arms

Police recovered a 9mm pistol during a raid on PTI leader’s room in Parliament Lodges

ISLAMABAD:

A case of possession of illegal arms has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and Imran Khan's Chief of Staff Shahbaz Gill at the Secretariat police station.

On Monday, the Islamabad police raided Gill's room in Parliament Lodges, where weapons, mobile and satellite phones were recovered.

The PTI leader, who was previously arrested in the sedition case, had claimed that the weapon was licensed and owned by his driver. The police asked him to produce the licence but Gill could not produce it despite a passage of several hours.

Later, a case for possession of illegal weapons was registered against Gill at the Secretariat police station.

According to the FIR, a pistol was recovered from Gill's room in the Parliament Lodges. The accused refused to own the pistol, saying that it belonged to his employee. Gill was asked to produce the licence but he failed to do so.

The FIR states that Gill could neither present the employee nor show the arms licence or permit to the police. “Gill committed the crime by possessing a 9mm pistol without a licence.”