Chaudhry tells Reuters Afridi is in preventive custody

Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry told Reuters that Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members were taken into preventive custody on Sunday, after the KP government was suspended. He said people with cases will be charged, and the others released.

Talal Chaudhry told Reuters he confirmed that chief minister Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members were taken into preventive custody.

He said the detentions happened on Sunday, after the provincial government was suspended under emergency rule.

Chaudhry said anyone with a case will be charged and tried, and that the others will be released.

Reuters placed the report in Islamabad and pictured police restricting the Red Zone in Peshawar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

This is the minister's phrase, preventive custody. Reuters did not report a criminal charge.

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