Police rearrest PTI's Azam Swati after his release from Attock jail

• Sources say ATC approved bail of Azam Swati a day ago.
• Politician was imprisoned in cases related to Islamabad protest.
• Taxila police arrested him from outside Attock jail.

RAWALPINDI: Police rearrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati on Tuesday from outside Attock jail soon after his being released.

Taxila police arrested Swati as soon as he stepped out of the jail premises in early hours today.

Police said he was arrested under the Terrorism Act in the cases, comprising 22 heinous charges, lodged at Taxila police station and Saddar Hasan Abdal police station.

Later, police produced Swati before an anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi amid stringent security to seek his seven-day physical remand in the case lodged at Taxila police station on October 5.

On police’s petition, the court approved the two-day physical remand of the PTI leader.

ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah announced the verdict that was reserved after completion of arguments of both the parties.

Swati is accused of sabotage, anarchy and interference in state affairs.

Sources said an anti-terrorism court had approved bail of the PTI leader a day ago in multiple cases related to his party’s protest on October 4.

PTI founder Imran Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Swati and others were booked on October 8 in different  cases including one linked to the death of an Islamabad policeman during the party's protest in the federal capital.

The PTI leaders were charged under 12 sections including attempted murder, arson, attack on the state and violence against police personnel.

Other party politicians nominated in the case include, Omar Ayub, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, PTI Islamabad President Aamir Mughal, Malik Hafeez Ur Rehman Tipu and 400 other unidentified individuals.

The case was registered on the state's behalf at the Noon Police Station in Islamabad after the death of Constable Abdul Hameed on Sunday. The cop was allegedly attacked by miscreants during PTI's D Chowk protest while he was performing his duty at the Chungi Number 26 on GT Road on October 4.

The cop was reportedly subjected to violence after being "kidnapped" and later succumbed to his injuries.

As per the case, the policeman was tortured by the protestors at the behest of PTI leaders, including Khan and Gandapur.

"The protesters attacked the policemen with sticks, stones and iron rods. The protesters tore the uniforms of the policemen," read the content of the first information report (FIR).