Former AJK PM Sardar Tanveer Ilyas arrested over property dispute

Islamabad police arrested former Prime Minister (PM) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and PTI politician Sardar Tanveer Ilyas. This arrest comes in response to a dispute at Centaurus Mall in Islamabad. Sardar Tanveer Ilyas and his brother Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan own this Mall.

According to an Islamabad police spokesperson, they took Tanveer into custody last night. The spokesperson revealed that Tanveer Ilyas was the subject of a first information report (FIR) on April 30, 2024, at the Margalla Police Station, Islamabad.

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They filed a case against him under Sections 452, 448, 506-II, 148, and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). They took Tanveer Ilyas into custody for allegedly seizing family property and involvement in the shooting incident.

Islamabad police arrested former AJK PM Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on the formal complaint of his main security officer, Colonel (retd) Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan also nominated Muhammad Ali, Anil Sultan, Rizwan, and other unnamed people with Tanveer Ilyas in FIR.

Tanveer allegedly used force and shotgun fire in an attempt to take control of the main offices and significant documents of the shopping center Centaurus Mall.

The FIR claims that Tanveer along with a group of twenty to twenty-five armed people reached the mall. They broke the lock on the shopping mall office and entered to seize control.

*Sardar Tanveer Ilyas is currently at Margala Police Station*

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FIR further stated that Tanveer threatened to assassinate Centaurus Mall CEO and co-owner Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan and his colleague Sardar Dr. Rashid Ilyas Khan. However, watchful security guards stopped him from harming them.

The FIR also claimed that the accused people physically attacked the security guard. When law enforcement officials came to know about the incident. They arrived at Centaurus where Tanveer Ilyas had reportedly fired shots at Tipu Sultan. However, he just about escaped the bullets.

As of now, Islamabad police have only provided the above details regarding the arrest of Sardar Tanveer Ilyas.