ISLAMABAD: Former Islamabad Chamber of Commerce acting president Khalid Chaudhry and three others have been arrested by the Kohsar Police for allegedly manhandling the Capital Development Authority (CDA) staff during its anti-encroachment drive.
Khalid Ch, his son Zia Khalid and two other persons had allegedly manhandled the CDA’s anti-encroachment directorate staff during at F-6 Farooqia Market.
On the directives of the Supreme Court, the CDA has been carrying out an anti-encroachment campaign in the federal capital for the last few days.
When the CDA staff started removing encroachments from a park near the Farooqia Market, the trader of the market led by Chaudhry and his son attacked the CDA staff and got the confiscated items offloaded from the CDA truck.
After the incident, the CDA moved the police station to lodge a case against the alleged attackers.
