PTI senior leader Fawad Chaudhry has alleged that the family members of slain worker Ali Bilal aka Zille Shah have been abducted.
Taking to Twitter, Fawad Chaudhry revealed that as per the reports of PTI Insaf Lawyers Wing, the father of Ali Bilal was kidnapped after the funeral prayers of his son yesterday.
Fawad Chaudhry alleged that the father and family members of Ali Bilal were in police custody, and the same would happen what had been happening since always, a video would surface in which the family would be seen forgiving the Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Mohsin Naqvi and Police.
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“According to Insaf Lawyers Wing, Ali Bilal Shaheed’s father has been kidnapped yesterday after the funeral and he and his family members are in police custody. Now a video will emerge that the family has forgiven Mohsin Naqvi and the police, but this country will not forgive them,” Fawad Chaudhry said.
انصاف وکلاء ونگ کے مطابق علی بلال شہید کے والد کو کل جنازے کے بعد اغواء کر لیا گیا ہے اور وہ اور ان کے خاندان کے لوگ پولیس کی حراست میں ہیں، اب وہی ہو گا جو ہوتا ہے کہ پولیس کی حراست سے ایک ویڈیو آئیگی کہ ہم نے محسن نقوی اور پولیس کو معاف کیا، لیکن یہ ملک ان کو معاف نہیں کریگا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 10, 2023
PTI reports claim that the father of Ali Bilal was allegedly held at gunpoint and was forced to give a statement in favor of the Punjab Police and how Ali Bilal was not killed in police custody. Furthermore, the father of Ali Bilal was allegedly pressurized to sign a paper saying that the family will not take action against the police.
گزشتہ رات CCPOلاہور بلال صدیق کمیانہ اور کمشنر لاہور نے بیان تحریر کروایا جس میں ظل شاہ والد کو خوف اور دباؤ میں لاکر بیان دلوا رہےکہ ان سے سادہ کاغذ پر دستخط اور انگوٹھا لگوایا گیا وہ پولیس کیخلاف کاروائی نہیں کرنا چاہتے۔
ن لیگ کےرانا مشہود گزشتہ رات اس ساری کاروائی میں ساتھ تھے https://t.co/gIPWz2VUBV— Farrukh Habib (@FarrukhHabibISF) March 10, 2023
Ali Bilal was arrested during a crackdown on PTI workers participating in a public rally led by former premier Imran Khan on March 8. Ali Bilal was present at the rally near Mall Road when police resorted to baton-charge and fired tear gas shells at the party workers.
He was allegedly tortured to death and his body was brought to Services Hospital by two unidentified individuals in a black car, who later fled. Hospital officials confirmed that the victim was assaulted and had already succumbed to his injuries when he was brought to the emergency department.
خبر آ رہی ہے کہ آج صبح سے ظل شاہ کے والد لاپتہ ہیں۔ ان کا فون بھی بند جا رہا ہے،
اور کسی کو ان کا پتا نہیں چل رہا کہ اچانک وہ کہاں گئے؟
پولیس ان کے گھر کے چکر پر چکر کاٹ رہی تھی اور اب وہ لاپتہ ہیں۔
کتنا ظلم ہے۔ پہلے بزرگ آدمی کا بیٹا تشدد کر کے قتل کیا اور اب وہ خود لاپتہ ہیں
— Maleeha Hashmey (@MaleehaHashmey) March 10, 2023
The death of Ali Bilal caused intense outrage among PTI ranks and the public. Imran Khan, after calling off the rally, said that party worker Ali Bilal was “murdered by Punjab police”. Ali Bilal’s post-mortem reports are also going viral as they confirmed that he died of excessive bleeding after being subjected to brutal torture and a fatal blow to his head.
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