Jail admin refuses to release Ali Amin Gandapur despite bail

SUKKUR: The administration of Sukkur Central Jail has refused to release Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Amin Gandapur despite his protective bail, ARY News reported on Friday.

Ali Amin Gandapur has not been released from jail despite his protective bail from a local court.

Sources told ARY News that the Sukkur Central Jail’s administration refused to release Gandapur and said that the accused politician was wanted by Punjab police in different cases.

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PTI Sukkur President Advocate Zaheer Babar said that the jail officials did not release Gandapur despite the court orders.

Babar also held talks with the jail administration and demanded Gandapur’s release as he wants to appear before the court in connection with a case lodged in Mithi.

Sources added that PTI is mulling over filing a contempt of court plea in the sessions court tomorrow.

On April 20, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore had handed over former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Amin Gandapur to Sindh police over transit remand.

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Lahore ATC judge Abhar Gul Khan heard the case and handed over Gandapur to Shikarpur police on two-day transit remand.

A case was registered against the PTI leader for delivering hate speech against state institutions.

It is pertinent to mention that the Lahore police took custody of the PTI leader soon after a court in Bhakkar granted bail to a firebrand politician in a case related to opening fire on a police checkpoint.

Gandapur, a former federal minister, was arrested from outside the Peshawar High Court’s D.I. Khan bench earlier this month.

On April 8, a case was registered against Gandapur at Islamabad’s Golra police station under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).