FAISALABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and candidate for the provincial assembly (PP-118) Khayal Kastro was arrested on Friday.
He was held in May 9 case outside the session court when he reached there for his bail regarding the case.
In a post shared on X, PTI said, “Our candidate for the PP seat, Khayal Ahmed Kastro, has been abducted.”
As per media reports, when PTI leader Khyal Castro reached district court for bail in the arson case, the officers in plain clothes forcibly took him away in a car.
It is pertinent to mention that Kastro was wanted to police in May 9 case.
The May 9 riots or 9/5 riots were a series of violent incidents that took place on 9 May 2023, in Pakistan. Following the arrest of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s head, Imran Khan, from the grounds of the Islamabad High Court, demonstrations held by PTI’s supporters descended into violent riots.
There was extensive damage done to government and military facilities as a result of the protests fast becoming violent and engaging law enforcement.
The government responded with a mobile internet blockade and a crackdown against PTI’s leaders, workers, and supporters, as well as those perceived to be allied to the party’s cause within the media and legal fraternity. Trials of civilians within military courts were also initiated and are being challenged in the country’s Supreme Court in the military courts case. –Agencies
