DRO's report shows Ali Amin Gandapur in the clear

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Returning Officers and not provincial minister Ali Ameen Gandapur removed the ballot box from a polling station during local government election on May 30, according to District Returning Officer.

The minister belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was arrested on the charges of snatching ballot boxes. He was later released on bail by a local court.

The DRO in his report said on Friday that Returning Officers shifted the ballot box to another place and informed him after doing so.

He said he advised Gandapur to leave the scene in a bid to save him from his political adversaries.

According to the report, the minister was accused of being drunk by his opponents.