Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has been booked for forcing police to release his party workers arrested in violation of Section 144 in Islamabad, officials said on Monday.
“We have registered a case against him in Bani Gala police station for interfering in police work and forcibly releasing the prisoners,” police spokesman Naeem Ahmed said.
Mr. Khan was coming out of his house on Sunday when se saw about 15 of his supporters were being shifted to a nearby police station.
On seeing Mr. Khan, the workers cried for help.
Mr. Khan then stopped police vehicles and forced them to release his supporters.
Already several criminal cases have been registered against Mr. Khan since his arrival here with thousands of his party workers to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to quit.
Mr. Khan has not been arrested in any case so far but police plan to move against him once the protests are over.
