The capital police have registered a case against at least 30 unidentified individuals wearing uniforms of law enforcement agencies who had whisked away Mirza Murad Akbar – brother of ex-PM Imran Khan’s accountability aide Shahzad Akbar – from his house in Sector F-10/4 last week.

The Shalimar police registered the case on the complaint of SI Ghulam Murtaza after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned the heads of the capital police and Rangers in connection with the abduction of Akbar.

On June 2, the IHC asked Inspector General of Police (IGP) Akbar Nasir Khan and the Rangers director general as well as the interior secretary to appear before the court on June 5 in connection with the disappearance of Murad Akbar. The court had warned that it could also summon the interior minister and prime minister if the authorities failed to recover the brother of the former cabinet member.

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