Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, said the 72-year-old Khan was arrested on Tuesday on the premises of the court by agents from the country's anti-corruption body, the National Accountability Bureau.
Chaudhry said Khan was dragged out of the court and into a police vehicle. He said the former premier is now in the custody of the security forces. He denounced the arrest as “an abduction.” After the former premier was whisked away, a scuffle broke out between Khan’s supporters and police. Chaudhry said some of Khan's lawyers and supporters were injured in the scuffle, as were several policemen.
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