Controversial tweet case: Swati seeks arrest, search warrant copies, return of belongings.

ISLAMABAD -- PTI Senator Azam Khan Swati on Tuesday filed separate pleas seeking the return of his belongings seized during his arrest and the provision of the arrest and search warrant copies in the "controversial tweet" case filed against him.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested Swati on October 13 for allegations of making a "controversial tweet" inciting hate against institutions. He was kept in custody for some days but later acquired bail from the trial court.

PTI alleges custodial torture on Swati during incarceration, while Swati alleges a leak of an "obscene video" of him and his wife, purportedly recorded during his "stay at the Quetta Supreme Court Judicial Lodges". However, FIA claimed that the video is "fake".

In his petitions filed in the court of civil judge Mohammad Shabbir, Swati has nominated FIA and the investigation officer as respondents.

He stated in the pleas that his house was raided in the early...

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