PTI president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was arrested from his residence Zahoor Elahi Palace, confirmed Mr Elahi’s spokesperson on Thursday.
Reports said that Mr Elahi had been under the police’s watch for a number of days and he was detained from his residence in Gulberg. “As the police got the information on his whereabouts, they took robust action and detained him,” reports added.
“There were suspicions of his arrest as he had been scheduled to meet some political leaders today”. reports said.
Police had been tracking his location for the last couple of days, reports said. “There is no information on where he will be shifted,” reports added.
“However, police personnel have been deployed at Lahore’s anti-corruption directorate, but later he could be transported to Gujrnawala for further proceedings,” reports added.
Earlier, police had failed to arrest Mr Elahi but kept siege around the PTI leader’s house on Zahoor Elahi Road till last reports came in on Friday morning.
A heavy police contingent reached Parvez Elahi’s residence after the cancellation of his bail by an anti-corruption court. A case was lodged against the PTI president at the Ghalib Market police station for interfering in the affairs of the state, while he is also accused of misusing power and irregularities in the development funds.
Sources said DIG Operations Sadiq Ali Dogar, Model Town SP Operations Ammara Sherazi and SSP Operations Sohaib Ashraf, along with a heavy contingent of police, reached the residence of Parvez Elahi.
The legal team of Parvez Elahi informed police that he was not present in the house and they would cooperate with police to search the house after showing the arrest warrant.
It came as an anti-corruption court of Lahore had, earlier, rejected Mr Elahi’s bail petition in a case of alleged corruption in development projects.
Mr Elahi’s lawyer told the court that the former chief minister was suffering from chest pain and could not appear in court. The prosecution argued that the medical certificate submitted by Parvez Elahi’s counsel in court was fake.
The court dismissed the interim bail plea of Parvez Elahi on the ground of non-compliance and also rejected the PTI leader’s request for attendance waiver.
