Police on Monday arrested suspected land grabber Malik Mansha Ali Khokhar, alias Mansha Bomb from the Supreme Court premises.
The top court had rejected the bail plea of the accused, who had come to surrender before authorities.
The accused was shifted to the Secretariat Police Station.
Mansha, who is accused in land grabbing among other cases, had submitted a bail plea.
On October 1, the apex court had directed the Interior Ministry to place the Mansha and his sons on the Exit Control List (ECL).
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar had directed authorities to vacate all land in possession of Mansha Group. The bench was hearing a suo motu case regarding Mansha’s arrest.
Expressing displeasure over interference in police affairs by elected representatives, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday likened them to ‘thugs’.
Justice Nisar had said that all land occupied by squatters in the province should be vacated.
Published in Daily Times, October 16th 2018.
