Islamabad: Aabpara Police have registered a case against unidentified persons armed with blades wounded PTI leader Raoof Hasan in an attack in Islamabad on Wednesday.
According to the FIR, four individuals – who were apparently transgender persons – launched the assault. The assailants used a sharp blade to target the PTI leader, inflicting injuries on his face.
Sections related to the charges of attempted murder and death threats have been added in the FIR.
Raoof Hasan was heading to a parking lot after participating in a TV talk show when he was ambushed by three transgender-like persons, read the FIR.
The FIR details that these attackers tried to cut his throat with a sharp-edged tool. Hasan suffered a cut in the face when he stepped back in a bid to protect himself, it adds.
In the FIR, Raoof Hasan alleged that a similar attack was attempted on him two days back in Islamabad’s Blue Area.
The PTI information secretary was attacked on Tuesday afternoon by some unidentified transgender persons with a blade in Islamabad’s G-7 area. He suffered a cut in the face.