Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi is addressing a press conference on the mysterious death of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist Ali Bilal.
The PTI has claimed that Punjab Police killed its activist Ali Bilal – alias Zali Shah – during the standoff at Zaman Park on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the Punjab Home Department imposed Section 144 in Lahore for seven days in view of serious security threats. The clash took place when the police tried to stop the gathering of PTI workers at the Zaman Park residence of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
Horrific pictures of PTI worker’s body in Lahore started circulating on social media. Later, more details of Bilal’s death began to emerge, including CCTV footage of a private 4×4 vehicle, which can be seen taking Bilal to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. went.
According to the postmortem report, there were 26 marks of torture on the body of the victim.
The PTI chief then shared a video of Bilal being taken into a police van claiming that he had been killed in police custody.
Apart from this, an application was also submitted to register a First Information Report (FIR) against Interim Chief Minister Naqvi and Interior Minister Rana Sananullah in Race Course police station of Lahore.
Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Bilal Siddique Kamiana and Sub-Inspector Rehan were mentioned in the petition submitted by Bilal’s father Liaquat Ali.
The police also formed a committee on Thursday to probe Bilal’s death, comprising Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Elite Force Sadiq Ali and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Imran Kishor.
