Imran Khan attack: suspect's confessional video leaked, senior police officers suspended

Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has suspended the entire staff, including the SHO, of the police station where former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's suspected attacker is being held after a video of his 'confession' was leaked.

The chief minister has asked Punjab's Inspector General to take strict action against the officers.

According to Pakistan media reports, mobile phones of all the staffers working at the police station have been taken away and sent for forensic testing.

Geo TV reported that the suspected attacker was identified as Naved. The suspect, in his early 20s and wearing salwar-kameez, had been walking along the container and fired from the left side, the channel said.

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The suspect caught by police has reportedly said that he wanted to kill Khan because “he was misleading the public.” "He (Khan) was misleading the people and I could not bear watching it so I attempted to kill him,” he is reported to have said in a video confession.

(with PTI inputs)