Ex-PTI MPA booked in ‘land-grabbing’ case

RAWALPINDI:

Former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA Ijaz Khan Jazi has been booked along with others by the Taxila police for allegedly attempting to grab private land.

According to a police spokesperson, the complainant named Mukamal Bashah, security supervisor of a private company, told the police that the former provincial assembly lawmaker along with 8 to 10 unidentified armed suspects showed up at an under-construction project site on March 30 when work was in progress on a private housing society.

They allegedly threatened to kill the workers if they didn't halt the work and leave the construction site, he alleged. The complainant said when the police arrived on the workers’ call, the suspects left the scene.

The security supervisor claimed that the owners of a private company and former MPA Ijaz Khan Jazi sent the armed suspects to sabotage their project and grab the land. He said the suspects’ actions stocked fear for which they should be held accountable.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson said the police registered an FIR under provisions including intimidation. He said the police are making attempts to apprehend the nominated suspects.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2023.