Real intent 'abduct, assassinate': Defiant Imran Khan calls arrest ‘mere drama'

Imran Khan: Imran Khan claimed in a tweet sharing a video in which supporters of the former prime minister are showing bullets.

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Imran Khan: A police officer fires a tear gas shell to disperse the supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.(Reuters)

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called attempts by Islamabad police to arrest him in Toshakhana case “mere drama” as he claimed that the “real intent is to abduct & assassinate”.

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“From tear gas & water cannons, they have now resorted to live firing. I signed a surety bond last evening, but the DIG refused to even entertain it.

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There is no doubt of their mala fide intent,” Imran Khan further claimed in a tweet sharing a video in which supporters of the former prime minister are showing bullets.

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Supporters of Imran Khan clashed with police outside his Lahore residence where he was holed defying attempts to arrest.

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They will teargas our people and do other such things, but you should know that they have no justification to do so."

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