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Imran Riaz arrested in another case after Lahore court discharges him in fraud case – Pakistan


Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan was arrested in a separate case on Thursday after a Lahore court discharged him in a case of monetary fraud.

Riaz was taken into custody at the Allama Iqbal International Airport late on Tuesday night while he was departing for Saudi Arabia for Haj. The visuals of the arrest, which showed the journalist clad in an ihram, went viral on social media.

The police had sought his seven-day physical remand in Wednesday’s hearing before the Model Town Court judicial magistrate. The prosecutor had said that the anchorperson had borrowed Rs0.25 billion from the complainant but he never returned the money.

After hearing the arguments from both sides, the judge had reserved the verdict and later granted police Riaz’s one-day physical remand.

Riaz was represented by his lawyers Mian Ashfaq and Advocate Azhar Siddique.

Today, while reading out the reserved verdict, Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Kamran Zafar discharged the anchorperson in the case.

Later, Riaz was arrested outside the court in a separate case concerning interference with the police that was registered at the Sarwar Road police station on the complaint of Airport Security Force Assistant Director Mirza Naseer Ahmad.

The FIR was filed under Sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 427 (mischief causing damage amounting to Rs50) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

According to the first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, Riaz had forcibly tried to pass a check post and interfered in the matter of the state.

It said that the forced driving by the anchorperson damaged a barrier near the airport.

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