LAHORE, April 06 (INP): A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday returned to the Shehbaz family's 96-H Model Town residence in Lahore to arrest Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz, just a day after conducting a failed 'raid' for his arrest there. Police have blocked all the roads leading to Hamza's residence. A team of Rangers personnel have also reportedly arrived in Model Town. Dozens of PML-N workers were seen trying to get through barriers placed by police in order to reach Hamza's house, clashing with the police in the process. NAB officials have said that they will not enter the house and that the PML-N leader should turn himself in. Under all circumstances, we mean to arrest Hamza Shehbaz today, said NAB's deputy director. Earlier, the NAB team at the residence is larger in size today. A police contingent and anti-riot force have been deployed to execute the arrest. Hamza's legal counsel, Amjad Pervez, confirmed that he has challenged NAB's arrest warrant in the Lahore High Court on his client's behalf. The high court will hear the appeal on April 8. Punjab chief minister's spokesman Dr Shahbaz Gill, while speaking to reporters said this was an independent operation undertaken by the accountability bureau. He added that personally, he believed that Hamza should have surrendered yesterday. PML-N leader Muhammad Zubair, said that when the NAB team had arrived yesterday, Hamza had told them that a Lahore High Court order "clearly stated" that if NAB were to arrest Hamza "they would notify him ten days prior to arrest". Zubair said that if NAB believes they have legal grounds to make the arrest, they should have gone to the high court yesterday and clarified it. He said the situation could have been easily resolved if this was done and a confrontation would not have taken place. NAB had on Friday raided the residence to arrest Hamza on charges of money laundering and income beyond means, but returned after facing resistance from his security guards and party workers. The situation worsened with each side blaming the other for harassment. NAB filed an application with police to register an FIR against Hamza’s guards for interference in the state’s functions and requested the interior ministry to put his name on the no-fly list, while the latter also approached police to register a report against the raiding team of NAB. NAB in a press release issued after the incident had said that its Lahore team, armed with arrest warrants for Hamza, had raided the residence to take him into custody in the assets beyond means case and a money laundering case. The press release noted that the Supreme Court has made it very clear that NAB did not need to inform suspects prior to their arrest. However, while addressing a press conference following the incident, Hamza showed a document that he described as a high court order. "I have a court order saying that I will be informed 10 days prior to arrest," he had said, adding that the court told him he would be given an opportunity to make a case for obtaining bail as well. The NAB press release alleged that Hamza's guards had beaten members of the NAB team, tore their clothes, and threatened their lives. The NAB statement added: "Therefore, there has been a clear violation of the law by Hamza Shehbaz." "Those who interfere in NAB's legal action and the operations of the state will be proceeded against as per the law," the statement added. The PML-N was quick to denounce NAB's version as "a complete lie, contrary to reality and an effort to hide its [NAB's] own sins" in a statement released by the party's media cell. PML-N had strongly condemned NAB's "illegal and immoral step". The statement further said that the party was in contact with legal experts and would decide its future strategy in light of the latter's advice. INP/AJ