Adiala Jail's deputy superintendent Muhammad Akram has been arrested on charges of aiding jailed PTI founder Imran Khan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Earlier, M Akram was sacked from his post on June 20, while Deputy Superintendent Judicial Tahir Siddique Shah was made security supervisor of Imran Khan.

The Punjab home department (prison section), through a notification, had removed Muhammad Akram, directing him to leave the charge and report to the Prisons Department, Lahore.

The law enforcement agencies started interrogating the arrested senior officer of Adiala Jail. Akram was allegedly sharing message of PTI founder outside the prison facility secretly.