Pakistan: Imran Khan's nephew, aides held for attacking forces

PTI

Islamabad, March 20

The police arrested Imran Khan's nephew and a number of his supporters on Monday for their alleged involvement in the attacks on the security personnel outside a court here over the weekend where the ousted premier arrived from Lahore to appear in the much-awaited hearing in a corruption case.

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The raft of arrests was the latest amid the mounting cases filed against Imran, the chief of the main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Monday's arrests bring the total number of Imran's followers detained in Islamabad to 198 since Saturday.

Among those arrested also include Hassan Niazi, Imran's nephew. The details of the other arrests were not known immediately. His supporters threw firebombs and hurled stones at the officers as riot police wielded batons and fired tear gas. More than 50 officers were injured and a police checkpoint, several cars and motorcycles were torched.

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