LONDON: Imran Khan released a statement on Tuesday through his ex-wife, saying he has fled house arrest and gone into hiding.
British socialite Jemima Khan, Imran Khan's ex-wife, released a statement in which he said he was first placed under house arrest at his home in Lahore on Saturday. He said police ransacked his house and roughed up his family. He escaped before they returned to take him to jail.
He said he was in hiding for fear of reprisals from President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government.
"They are using sheer force against lawyers, human rights organizations, political activists and all genuine opposition leaders are in jail,'' Khan wrote in the e-mail statement.
"The police have ransacked my house and ill treated my family members.''
Imran Khan went on to accuse former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of secretly working with Musharraf because she is also threatened by the judiciary. “Her party has not been touched by the authorities,'' Khan said.
Khan warned that Musharraf's move will only ignite more extremism. "When you suppress democratic forces, then the only way to resist is through militancy,'' he said.
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