A fresh arrest warrant was issued for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah by a judicial magistrate on Monday, with the police ordered to immediately arrest the minister and produce him before the court.
As per reports, a team of anti-corruption officials from Punjab had left for Islamabad to comply with the court orders.
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The issuance of the fresh warrant comes two days after a court in Rawalpindi issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the interior minister for failing to appear before the Punjab’s Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE).
In a report submitted to the court today, the prosecution mentioned the developments regarding the implementation of the previous arrest order, requesting the court to allow and make some changes in the new warrant.
The previous arrest warrant had only one address of the minister mentioned, whereas it was requested to add more addresses in the fresh warrant.
Previous warrant
On Semptember 8, Rawalpindi’s Senior Civil Judge (Criminal Division) Ghulam Akbar issued a non-baiilable arrest warrant for the interior minister over his alleged failure to join the investigation in the graft case.
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The ACE has alleged that the interior minister purchased two plots in Bismillah Housing Scheme located in Kallar Kahar area at a price lower than the scheduled rate. It further claimed that both the plots were given to Sanaullah as a bribe.
After the court issued the arrest warrant, the ACE officials reached the Kohsar police station in the federal capital and asked the SHO for a force to assist in the arrest. The cops at Kohsar told the ACE officials that they had reached the “wrong” police station.
Sources said the Kohsar SHO refused to comply with the arrest warrant as it contained the interior minister’s Faisalabad address instead of any home or office that fell within the jurisdiction of his police station.
Subsequently, the ACE team left Kohsar and headed towards the Secretariat police station but received a similar response.
With the warrant in hand, the ACE officials said they had permission from the court to arrest Sanaullah but the police were not cooperating with them.
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