Sheikh Rashid says his life in danger
Pakistan
Sheikh Rashid hinted at filing a contempt of court petition in Supreme Court of Pakistan.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) - Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday his life was in danger, Dunya News reported.
Speaking to media outside the Poly Clinic Hospital, where he was taken by police for medical tests after his arrest, Sheikh Rashid hinted at filing a contempt of court petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan as he was arrested by police despite the fact that a court granted him bail and ordered the inspector-general of police to appear before the court on Feb 6.
After the medical test, Sheikh Rashid was shifted to the Secretariat police station, Islamabad. The AML chief is expected to be produced before a magistrate later in the day.
Earlier, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was taken into custody by police in Rawalpindi in the wee hours of Thursday. Police shifted Sheikh Rashid to the Aabpara police station after the arrest and where an FIR (First Information Report) was registered against him on complaint of Raja Inayat Rehman, the vice president of PPP’s Rawalpindi division, for accusing former president Asif Ali Zardari of plotting the assassination of PTI chief Imran Khan.
Sheikh Rashid also shared his picture on his Twitter account in which he can be seen sitting in the Aabpara police station in a relaxed mood and smoking a cigar. He told reporters that hundreds of police officials barged into his house in the wee hours of Thursday without any warrant and arrested him. He also alleged that police had beaten his servants and broken the doors and windows of his house. He said an FIR had been filed against him after his arrest.
He also alleged that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah was behind his arrest.
