ISLAMABAD: The Secretariat police on Wednesday entertained a complaint lodged against former president and 81 other former armymen on charges of mutiny, but did not register a formal First Information Report (FIR).

The complaint was lodged by Lt Col (retired) Inamur Rahim on Wednesday, and in response, the police forwarded it to its prosecution department for legal opinion.

When contacted, Station House Officer Secretariat police station Inspector Abdul Rehman confirmed that the police had sought the prosecution department’s opinion adding that the next step would be taken once the guidelines were issued.

The complainant requested the registration of a case against Mr Musharraf, Lt Gen (retired) Javed Alam and 80 others on charges of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) 131 (abetting mutiny or persuading an armyman from his duty).

The SHO said that while the high treason case against Mr Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution was still in its nascent stage, a campaign had been launched by his well wishers led by Mr Alam and others.

He said Mr Musharraf, through his interviews and video link messages broadcasted on private TV channels, had sought the sympathies of serving members of the Pakistan Army in his favour as stated in the complaint.

“The former president’s counsels in their interviews had clearly claimed that if the trial in the high treason case commenced, it could lead to a possible civil war,” the SHO said while quoting the complaint.

Furthermore, the complaint maintained that on December 31, 2013, Mr Javed Alam and his ‘accomplices’ had arranged a meeting of the First Pakistan Forum held at Ramadah Hotel Islamabad, he said.

The meeting was addressed by the former military dictator through a video links, which had been telecasted by private TV channels.

Mr Musharraf, according to the complaint, had focused on the government reference regarding the high treason case, which was sub judice before the special court.

“Under Article 243 of the Constitution, the command and control of Armed Forces vest in the federal government and all members of the Armed Forces take oath of allegiance which is also contained in Pakistan Army Act Rule 8,” the SHO said while quoting the complaint.

He said this oath of allegiance bound every member of the Armed Forces to remain loyal and obey all commands including that of the federal government.

However, the complaint claimed that the former military dictator and his beneficiaries were attempting to persuade members of the armed forces against their allegiance which was punishable under Section 31 of the Pakistan Army Act.

As a result, the matter was formally reported with the police to register the case against Mr Musharraf, Lt. Gen (retired) Javed Alam and 80 others.

Another explosive found near Musharraf’s residence Meanwhile, the police once again ‘discovered’ explosives near Mr Musharraf’s farmhouse on Tuesday, which ‘prevented’ the former army chief from appearing at the special court trying him for the high treason case, police sources said.

This was the third explosive found close to his residence in the past three days.

According to the sources, a policeman found the explosives on Park Road across Bani Gala police station when security officers were about to signal an “all clear” for the former president’s journey to the court.

The bomb disposal squad was called on site which inspected the suspicious shopper and found an improvised explosive device (IED) from it which included three electronic circuits and a remote control.

According to Shahzad Town police, the IED was incomplete and was not ready to explode.