PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and 18 others have been booked in a case of pelting stones at and violence on the police during a raid of the anti-corruption department on his residence late on Friday night.
The case has been registered at Lahore’s Ghalib Market police station under 13 provisions, including terrorism and murder.
On Friday night, police and an anti-corruption team carried out an unsuccessful raid at Elahi’s residence to arrest him at around 11pm. The Zahoor Palace was searched three to four times, but the PTI official could not be found.
Police say the case has been registered on the application of anti-corruption CO. It claimed that an anti-corruption team raided Parvez Elahi’s residence to arrest him when 40 to 50 people present inside the house pelted them with stones.
Petrol was also hurled at the team with the intention to cause arson, the FIR claims.
However, Elahi escaped from the spot, but the alleged miscreants who offered resisted during the raid were arrested, the FIR stated.
Meanwhile, Elahi’s son, Raasikh, challenged the police and anti-corruption’s operation in the Lahore High Court.
The Punjab government, anti-corruption department, and police have been made parties in the petition.
Parvez Elahi’s protective bail was approved by the Lahore High Court, but despite that the operation was carried, and the family harassed.
The petition sought that the court order Zahoor Elahi Road be cleared, and the police withdraw its force.
The court should also order the police against arresting Parvez Elahi until his protective bail expires, the plea added.
Earlier, the former chief minister of Punjab had decided to move the Lahore High Court against the raid at this residence last night. He asked his legal team to prepare a constitutional petition in this regard.
Elahi had asked the team to nominate the caretaker Punjab chief minister, the anti-corruption department, police, and others in the case.
