Sheikh Rashid claims police raided his house in Islamabad

Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid has claimed that his house in Islamabad was raided in the early hours of Wednesday.

In a tweet, the Awami Muslim League president shared an alleged video of the raid.

“This morning at 3 o’clock Rangers Islamabad Police and some 80-90 people dressed in civilian clothes broke the door and entered my house in F-7-4 Islamabad,” he tweeted.

Rashid further said that he was not present during the raid but the officials beat his servant and broke his arm. He added that the police took away his licensed weapons, CCTV footage of his house and both of his cars.

Later, Rashid tweeted that he has written to Islamabad Inspector General Akbar Nasir Khan, asking him to take action against the officials involved in the raid.

In the letter, the former minister named Kohsar Station House Officer Shafqat, its deputy superintendent of police and the superintendent of police among the people who allegedly forcefully entered his home.

On Tuesday, the former minister again skipped the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) appearance in the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA) scam commonly known as the Al-Qadir Trust case against former prime minister Imran Khan.

The anti-graft body earlier summoned Rasheed on May 24 but he did not appear before the NAB’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and he informed the NAB through his counsel that he did not receive the NAB summon.

The bureau re-summoned the AML chief to appear before it along with relevant record but he again skipped his appearance by informing the NAB that he has no information and evidence with regard to Al-Qadir Trust.