RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta while admitting rigging in the general elections has tendered his resignation here on Saturday.
Accepting his role in rigging, Liaquat Ali Chatta said that results of candidates having lead of 70,000 votes were changed, announcing them as losers on the night of Feb 8.
The commissioner offered himself to police for his role in election rigging. I even tried to comitt a suicide today after morning prayers, he said.
The Pindi commissioner further said that they rigged results of 13 candidates from Rawalpindi announcing them as winners while those in lead of votes were declared as losers.
He regretted: “I have done injustice in Rawalpindi division.”
I should be hanged at Rawalpindi Kachehri Chowk, he said accepting the responsibility of election rigging in Rawalpindi Division. I surrender myself to the police, the commissioner continued.
He demanded that the Chief Election Commissioner and others should also be punished.
Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta also apologised to the Returning Officers who served under him during the elections. He said that he made them to commit rigging. The ROs cried while following my instructions, the Pindi commissioner said.
