The Commissioner of Rawalpindi Division, Liaquat Ali Chatta, who resigned after admitting responsibility for rigging the elections of the National and Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan held on February 8, has been detained.
Chata stepped down from his post on Saturday (February 17).
Liaquat Ali Chata surrendered to the police after resigning at the press conference. Later the police raided his office. Then close it. A local official said that the administration has ordered to close the office to prevent record fraud.
A police spokesperson said Chata has not been arrested. He has been kept in police custody.
A senior official of the Rawalpindi district administration said that the materials and data related to the election are secured and the security of the election officials has been increased.
In a press conference on Saturday (February 17), Liaqat Ali Chata said that there was vote fraud in the election on February 8, and I myself am involved in the matter. Only irregularities and delay in declaration of results are the least of them.
There has been a lot of fraud in the elections. There are many independent candidates who were leading by 70 to 80 thousand votes and we lost them with fake votes. There are many candidates who would have lost; But we have won them by rigging the vote.
