PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday indicted Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader and former provincial minister Kamran Khan Bangash for allegedly firing gunshots on police and sheltering absconding former federal minister Murad Saeed.

Mr Bangash pleaded not guilty to the charge and decided to stand trial.

Judge Asad Khan fixed Jan 20 for next hearing and also summoned prosecution witnesses on that date.

The FIR of the occurrence was registered on Oct 20, 2023, at Chamkani police station under different provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code and Anti-Terrorism Act.

A big contingent of police had raided the residence and hujra of Mr Bangash and had taken him into custody.

The police alleged that they had information about presence of an absconder, Murad Saeed at the place.

It was alleged that when the raiding team visited the hujra of Mr Bangash some armed men also fired at them resulting into injuries to two cops, identified as Rashid and Kaleem.

Mr Bangash was subsequently granted bail by an ATC on Oct 30, 2023. He had denied the charges and stated that the CCTV footage of the police raid didn`t show any attack on police personnel.

He claimed that neither the police recovered any weapon from his possession nor were any evidence or marks of fired bullet available on record.

He stated that the case was politically motivated aimed at victimising him.