Islamabad police on Sunday recovered five Kalashnikov rifles, eight magazines, a bulletproof vest, alcohol and tear gas shells from PTI leader Amin Gandapur’s car outside Bani Gala.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Minister Amin Gandapur’s car was stopped at a checkpost and searched. The car was impounded, while Gandapur absconded and his driver was detained by police, police said.
Gandapur rejected police claims, saying he was travelling with two licensed Kalashnikovs, and that there was a license present in the car. Police recovered the license, he claimed, adding that the police let him go.
Police also arrested over 70 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) protesters trying to reach party chief Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence in Islamabad’s Rukhsana Bangash Road area.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday urged party workers to reach Bani Gala even if they had to climb mountains to do so. Protesters will then move onto Islamabad on Nov 2 for the party’s planned ‘lockdown’ of the capital, he said.
