Imran Khan's nephews arrested after alleged torture of traffic warden

LAHORE: Two nephews of Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan were arrested in Lahore on Wednesday after a traffic warden lodged a case accusing them of torturing him.

According to police, traffic warden Shakeel had stopped Khan's nephews Azam Khan and Abdullah Khan after they allegedly violated a traffic signal on Lahore's Mall Road.

Police said the two youngsters declined to show the vehicle's registration papers and got into a scuffle with the warden, who claimed that they beat him up.

Police registered a case on the complaint of the warden, after which the accused were taken into custody.