LAHORE:Punjab police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against 150 people including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan accusing them of creating hindrances in the legal process.

The FIR was registered at the Race Course police station against PTI chief Imran Khan, Shibli Fraz, and other 150 unidentified suspects against the complaint of SHO Police Station Secretariat Islamabad Nadeem Tahir on various charges including assault, armed rioting, obstructing public servants from discharging their duties, and others under sections 395, 353, 148, 149, 109, and 186 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

According to the FIR, the PTI workers assaulted the police officer on the orders of Imran Khan Niazi, who is the PTI chief. When the police came to arrest Imran Khan, the PTI activists surrounded him and threatened him with dire consequences, the FIR added.

The SHO also claimed in his application that the violent mob threatens to kill the police officer. “Imran Khan did all the planning in mutual consultation,” he added. The baton-carrying people told the police that they would kill if they came even an inch ahead. The FIR further reveals that Shibli Faraz also obstructed public servants from discharging their duties by giving a false statement.