Suspected killer of police officials arrested

Jun 10, 2020

TAXILA: Taxila police on Tuesday said they have arrested the leader of a gang allegedly involved in killing two officials of Islamabad police at a picket on May 26.

According to police sources, the suspect was picked by the police during the investigation of another case and a tip led to his identification as a suspect in the police attack case.

During the interrogation, the suspect confessed to killing Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mohsin Zafar and Head Constable Sajjad along with his accomplices when the policemen signaled them to stop near Chungi No 26 at Turnol in Islamabad. He also confessed to attacking policemen deployed at Margalla checkpost on May 13 but no one was injured in that attack.

Police shared these details with their counterparts in Islamabad police and shifted the suspect to Adalia jail for identification parade.

When contacted, Superintendent of Police (SP) Potohar Division Syed Ali confirmed the development and added that the suspect would be handed over to Islamabad police for interrogation after fulfilling legal requirements.

He said a hunt has been launched to arrest other members of the gang.

(Daily Dawn)

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