TOBA TEK SINGH: Protest and strike threat by traders forced Gojra city police to register an FIR against a cousin of provincial minister Bilal Asghar Warraich and his accomplices on Monday.

The case against accused Asghar Nawaz Warraich and his 30 accomplices was registered under sections 355, 292, 342, 506, 148 and 149 of PPC .

Complainant Rana Muhammad Zaman said he was a bidder for contracts of the Gojra municipality schemes in an auction held on July 21.

He said Asghar Warraich and his accomplices first forced him to withdraw his offers to allow main accused to get the contracts but when he refused they kidnapped and locked him in an MC.

Later they stripped him publicly, tortured him and made his naked movie which was also uploaded on social media.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2022

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