Main accused of Daska by-election firing Hamza Butt arrested

Personnel of Sialkot’s Bambanwala Police Station have arrested Hamza Butt, the main accused in the alleged killing of two persons during the NA-75 by-election, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.

Police said two more FIR nominees Khalid Bagri and Javed Butt are on interim bail till February 27.

A case of firing at a polling station was registered on February 19 at Bambanwala Police Station. One of the deceased was reportedly a member of the ruling PTI while the other belonged to the PML-N. 

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar took notice of the violence during the by-election and sought a report from the Punjab IGP.

The NA-75 by-election flashed into national politics within no time when violence erupted killing two political workers.

PTI and PML-N Punjab leadership levelled serious allegations of stealing the ballot and creating chaos to win the constituency at all cost, against each other.

PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday "exposed" election rigging in the NA-75 by-election with what she claimed "irrefutable evidence" while showering loads of praise on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for standing up to the irregularities.

Addressing a news conference in Lahore, Maryam Nawaz also saluted her party leaders and workers who guarded their votes and caught the “thieves” red-handed. “Our Shers (lions – party workers) snatched back the votes from a “crocodile’s jaws”.