Islamabad: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday (today) morning raided a house of a senior journalist Mohsin Baig and the body arrested the journalist in the raid.
An exchange of heated words also happened on the occasion of his arrest. The FIA team was faced with resistance in the arrest and during which a personnel of FIA also sustained injuries.
FIA has claimed that Mohsin Baig resisted the arrest and opened fire on the team injuring one personnel of FIA.
Following the arrest, Baig’s lawyer filed a petition against the illegal detention of the journalist.
A district court of Islamabad has appointed a bailiff on the arrest of journalist Mohsin Baig while the court has ordered to present the journalist in the court through the bailiff.
The lawyer informed the judge that people in plainclothes came to his (client) house earlier today and took the journalist with them.
The journalist and his family members sought arrest warrants and search warrants from the SP and DS; however, they defied all requests.
The lawyer further added that the officials in plainclothes smashed mobile phones and hit the children at the house, taking Baig with them.
