Imran Khan, 1500 PTI workers booked for attacking army officer's Lahore house

Pakistans Punjab police have booked former prime minister Imran Khan and 1500 of his party workers for attacking and setting on fire a top army officers house in LahoreEnraged over the arrest of their leader in a corruption case on Tuesday Pakistan TehreekiInsaf PTI chiefs supporters on Wednesday stormed the General Headquarters of the Army They set residence of the Lahore Corps Commander on fire while attacking military vehicles and installationsThe PTI chairman his deputy Shah Mahmood Qureshi and others have been named under murder terrorism and 20 other heinous offences for attacking the Corps Commander House known as Jinnah House in Lahore Cantonment on Tuesday Khan and others have also been charged with looting valuables worth over 150 million rupees from the Jinnah HouseAccording to the FIR filed on Wednesday two people were killed in the attack It said over 1500 PTI workers and leaders attacked the army officers house at the behest of Khan and other senior leaders of the party Following the arrest of Khan in a corruption case by the Pakistan Rangers in Islamabad on Tuesday his supporters attacked senior officers residences and the Pakistan Armys installations in different parts of the countryAn anticorruption court on Wednesday sent 70yearold Khan on an eightday physical remand to the National Accountability Bureau NAB His dramatic arrest on Tuesday sparked widespread violent protests across Pakistan leaving at least eight people dead and nearly 300 others injured in clashes between protesters and law enforcement agencies The PTI supporters have held the army responsible for Khans arrestAlso read Imran Khan Arrest 8 killed 290 injured in violent protests in PakistanSeparately the Punjab police registered dozens of FIRs against the PTI leadership and workers for injuring police officials damaging and looting public property and raising highly objectionable slogans against the Pakistan Army On Wednesday protestors set ablaze Askari Tower in the Gulberg area The plaza is reportedly owned by the son of former army chief Gen retd Qamar Javed BajwaPolice named 1200 PTI workers for killing a man while setting on fire and ransacking the tower They also booked Khan in this case saying he was behind the attack The protesters also set ablaze Shadman police station in Lahore Their attempt to enter the Governor House and the Chief Minister Secretariat in Lahore was foiled by the police and RangersMeanwhile the police have claimed that they have arrested Khans 76 supporters who attacked the Pakistan Armys General Headquarters GHQ in RawalpindiAn FIR has also been registered against 300 miscreants including PTIs main regional leader Bashart RajaAccording to the Punjab police over 1400 people have been arrested across the province in the wake of widespread violenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever