Hours after the arrest of former prime minister (PM) Imran Khan’s nephew Shahrez Khan, Aleema Khan’s other son, Shershah, was also reportedly taken into custody in Lahore.
Reports claimed Shershah was arrested after law enforcement intercepted his car near his Lahore residence, however, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said he was “abducted” from his house.
“Shershah was taken from his house after his appearance at a Lahore anti-terrorism court for his brother’s case,” media outlets quoted Aleema’s lawyer Advocate Rana Mudassir Umar as saying.
While police have not yet confirmed the reason behind the arrest, sources say it is in connection with the May 9 case.
Shahrez, who was also arrested for his alleged involvement in said riots, was on Friday morning presented before a Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC). The court handed him over to police on an eight-day physical remand.
The investigating officer told the presiding judge, Manzar Ali Gul, that Shahrez was arrested in relation to the Jinnah House attack, adding that the suspect was first named in the case on September 23, 2023, in supplementary statements.
The investigating officer’s remarks prompted Shahrez’s counsel and PTI’s Secretary General Salman Akram Raja to allege that his client had never been named in the case, dubbing the arrest an act of “harassment”.
Meanwhile, family sources exclusively told The Current that Shahrez was not even in Lahore on the day of the May 9 riots.