LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested PML-N leader Nazir Ahmad Chohan in the case of an armed clash between the PTI and PML-N workers during by-election for PP-167.

A team of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) arrested Nazir Chohan, the former MPA who had defected from the PTI and joined the PML-N, from the Chuhng area and shifted him to an undisclosed location.

SSP Investigation Imran Kishwar confirmed the arrest of Mr Chohan in connection with an FIR, lodged on June19 with the Johar Town Police Station during the by-election campaign.

In the clash reported at Allah Hu Chowk of Johar Town, many workers from both sides had got injured due to firing and the clubs they used against each other. Police had declared the area highly sensitive and lodged a case.

The incident had come to the limelight when leaders of both parties, Shabbir Gujjar and Nazir Chohan, raised allegations against each other for carrying out armed attacks on each other’s workers. Both of them were contesting the by-election from the same constituency and Chohan had lost the seat to Gujjar.

A police official said Chohan was arrested on the directions of the Lahore police higher-ups in connection with the case. He said in the clash, a young nephew of Gujjar, had also been injured and police acted when he claimed to have obtained a medical report of his nephew from the hospital.

Gujjar asked police to take action against Chohan in the light of the medical examination report of his nephew, he said.

Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2022