MULTAN: Police arrested the district president of Insaf Youth Wing after lodging eight FIRs against 18 persons, including brother of a ruling PTI MNA on the charge of land grabbing.

The FIRs have been lodged against the suspect, including ruling PTI’s youth wing district head Rao Yasir, with Bahauddin Zakariya Police Station under sections 448/380, 506/511 and 148/149.

Gulgasht Superintendent of Police Dr Raza Tanveer told local media that eight different FIRs had been lodged against the suspects on the complaints of eight different complainants. He said that no one was above the law and all the suspects would be arrested soon.

As per the FIRs, the suspects including Rao Yasir, Malik Asim Dehar, Danish Muhammad, Ramzan alias Bhora, Haji Muhammad Rafique and 10 to 12 unidentified persons are part of a gang of land grabbers who were depriving people of their properties.

Eight cases lodged against 17 others, including MNA’s brother

Malik Asim Dehar is brother of PTI MNA from NA-154 Malik Ahmad Hassan Dehar, but both brothers have family and political disputes.

Besides Rao Yasir, the police also arrested another nominated suspect, Danish, and presented the both before the area magistrate, who granted their physical remand for two days.

Meanwhile, the PTI’s district leadership demanded that the Yasir’s party membership should be suspended and he should be served a show-cause notice for his alleged involvement in land grabbing.

Talking to the media, PTI district president Chaudhry Khalid Warraich, secretary general Ijaz Lothar and information secretary Amir Anwar Qureshi said the PTI’s South Punjab Youth Wing President Taimoorul Islam had been requested to suspend Mr Yasir as district head until the allegations against him were cleared, while senior vice president should be given the president office’s additional charge.

Published in Dawn, July 7th, 2021