A day after returning to Kabul, Mohammad Asif Mohmand, member of Balkh provincial council, said he would lodge a complaint to international courts against Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor if his case is not investigated by the country’s judicial institutions.

“(President) Ashraf Ghani and (Chief Executive Abdullah) Abdullah’s activities are good and will put him (Noor) in trial. If he (Noor) is not trialed, I will have to submit my complaint letter to the international courts and also I will call for the help of foreign embassies (in Kabul,” he told TOLOnews on Friday.

Mohmand once again claimed that he was arrested by armed men belonged to the Balkh governor and that then was badly beaten by Noor and his sons in the governor’s residence.

“They (hinting at Balkh governor’s bodyguards) asked me to give them my phones’ passwords but I refused. Then they beaten me and I was forced to (reveal the passwords),” Mohmand said.

The Presidential Palace and Balkh governor’s offices said they will not comment on this matter until the findings of the president’s assigned team is completed.

Following the incident, the Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan issued a statement, saying that “some groups have recently engineered a conspiracy in Balkh province”.

The party asked government to identify its responsibilities and immediately neutralize the conspiracy in order to maintain the relative security and peace in the northern province.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s (AIHRC) office in north said according to international laws, “no one has the right to punish any citizen”.

“Based on international laws and conventions, no one, including judicial and legal institutions which have the right to arrest and investigate individuals, has the right to punish or torture someone,” said Qazi Sayed Mohammad Sami, head of AIHRC in Balkh.

“In case of any conflicts or issues, there are courts therefore any issue should be referred to them,” Haroon Stanikzai, a lawyer, said.

On Thursday, Asif Mohmand held a press conference in Kabul and claimed he was "badly beaten" while in the custody of Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor.

Mohmand was reportedly arrested by security forces on arrival at Mawlana Jalaluddin Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-e-Sharif city late Tuesday night after an hours-long standoff between his supporters and security forces.

However, the Balkh governor’s spokesman Munir Ahmad Farhad rejected the claims and said they stem from “personal enmity from Mohmand.”

“It is laughable and is not logical,” he said on Thursday.

A fact-finding team from the Presidential Palace was sent to the province on Wednesday and met with the Balkh governor to talk about the issue.

The nine-member team was led by the deputy attorney general of Afghanistan.

Mohmand was accused of forging signatures on documents of government officials by the Afghan legal and judicial institutions.