LAHORE -UNS: The Lahore deputy commissioner (DC) has issued a 30-day detention order for PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO), it emerged on Monday.
The order, which was issued late last night, stated that Elahi would be held at Lahore’s Camp Jail, where he has been incarcerated since last month. It came after Lahore police submitted a written request for Elahi’s detention for allegedly disturbing the peace in connection with three cases.
The PTI president, who is also the former chief minister of Punjab, was first arrested on June 1 in connection with a corruption case. He was discharged in said case the very next day, only to be arrested in another.
On Saturday, a banking crimes court had issued orders for Elahi’s release from Lahore’s Camp Jail in a money laundering case. However, he was not set free as police said a case has been registered against him at the Ghalib Market police station under terrorism provisions.
The detention order issued by Lahore DC Rafia Haider, dated July 16 and a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, stated that Lahore police had reported that Elahi was “an active member and firebrand speaker” of the PTI.
