More police teams interrogate Imran

Former premier declines to answer questions in absence of his lawyers

ISLAMABAD:

Police teams from Mianwali and Gujranwala on Saturday arrived at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to interrogated former prime minister Imran Khan in connection with May 9 rioting incidents

Sources told The Express Tribune that a special team from Mianwali Police arrived at Adiala Jail on Saturday to quiz the PTI chairman with regard to his alleged role in planning and executing the incidents of vandalism that followed his arrest from a court premises on May 9.

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Led by a superintendent police, the team comprised six inspectors. The PTI chairman, however, declined to respond to the queries of the police team and insisted on having his attorneys present during the interrogation process.

Before this, Gujranwala police had also interrogated the former prime minister in connection with the same case.

According to sources, in the past 24 hours, five teams—from Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Kasur, Gujranwala and Mianwali—have reached Adiala Jail for their respective investigations into rioting.

Violent protests broke out across the country after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran Khan from inside the Islamabad High Court in connection with a corruption case.

Protestors, allegedly PTI leaders, workers and sympathizers attacked state and military properties and installations across the country soon after the arrest.

Later, the state machinery started a massive crackdown against the PTI. As the crackdown intensified, the former ruling party started decimating like a house of cards with its key leaders and lawmakers addressing hurriedly called press conferences to dissociate themselves from the party and the incidents.