PTI ally Sheikh Rashid has written to Islamabad Inspector General Akbar Nasir Khan, asking him to take action against the officials involved in the early morning raid at his home.
In the letter, the Awami Muslim League chief named Kohsar Station House Officer Shafqat, its deputy superintendent of police and the superintendent of police among the 70-80 people who allegedly forcefully entered his home in the city’s I-7 sector and ransacked it.
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 31, 2023
Rashid also alleged that the police officials beat his employees named Mohsin, whose arm was fractured, and Ashfaq, who also suffered injuries.
He added that two of his bulletproof cars, one licensed gun and “other precious items were forcefully snatched and taken away”.
Earlier, former interior minister Sheikh Rashid has claimed that his house in Islamabad was raided in the early hours of Wednesday.
In a tweet, the Awami Muslim League president shared an alleged video of the raid.
آج صبح3بجےرینجرزاسلام آبادپولیس اوربعض سول کپڑوں میں ملبوس 80-90لوگ میرےگھرF-7-4اسلام آباد میں دروازےتوڑکرداخل ہوگئے میں گھرمیں موجودنہیں تھاملازمین کومارمارکرانکےبازوتوڑدیےحسب معمول میری دونوں گاڑیاں لائسنسی اسلحہ اورCCTV فوٹیج بھی ساتھ لےگئے11.30بجے ویڈیو پیغام میں بات کروں گا pic.twitter.com/srTzew2Hds
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 31, 2023
“This morning at 3 o’clock Rangers Islamabad Police and some 80-90 people dressed in civilian clothes broke the door and entered my house in F-7-4 Islamabad,” he tweeted.
Rashid further said that he was not present during the raid but the officials beat his servant and broke his arm. He added that the police took away his licensed weapons, CCTV footage of his house and both of his cars.
