GUJRAT: Punjab Police on Wednesday clarified that the residence of former chief minister Parvez Elahi was raided to arrest Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain in a violence case.
The police, in a statement, said the raiding party left the place after they could not find Wajahat – the younger brother of PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain – during the search.
A case was registered against Wajahat Hussain and his son Musa Elahi at the Kaklari Police Station of Gujrat last month after clash erupted between PML-Q and PML-N workers at the Kotla Civil Hospital near Kharian over the controversy surrounding the upgrade of the hospital and renaming it as Zahoor Elahi Shaheed Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.
Police said Musa had already secured bail in the case while Wajahat was yet to get bail.
Earlier in the day, Parvez Elahi said his residence was raided on Wednesday morning without any prior notice and vowed to take legal action against him. He claimed that his residence in Gujrat was raided at the behest of the caretaker government in the province.
