Sher Afzal Marwat says escaped KP police abduction bid

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat alleged that the Dir police attempted to abduct him near the Gulabad area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

“I managed to escape the attempt of Dir police to abduct me, with the heavy-duty 300 policemen trying to abduct me, while I was entering Gulabaad near Chakdara on my way for tomorrow’s convention in Bajaur,” the PTI senior vice president said on a social media platform.

 “Our workers blocked the road to make it possible for me to escape the abduction,” he added on X - formerly known as Twitter.

https://twitter.com/sherafzalmarwat/status/1733160864029532214

Lower Dir police spokesperson Hashmat Khan said Marwat was not arrested. He was questioned at a Chakdara checkpost, added the police spokesperson.

Earlier The PTI claimed that Marwat was ‘kidnapped’ when he was heading for a party convention scheduled for Saturday.

Chairman Imran Khan’s lawyer @sherafzalmarwat has been kidnapped from Chakdara, on his way to Bajaur for tomorrow’s worker convention.

We demand his immediate release, these pressure tactics cannot and won’t work. Pre-poll rigging attempts must be immediately stopped.

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— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 8, 2023