By U.Zee
RAWALPINDI: A traffic warden lost his life when assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on security officials who were performing snap checking near Carriage Factory in the area., whereas, an attacker was killed in retaliation. The martyred traffic warden is identified as Muhammad Naveed as it is the third attack on police officials in the twin cities during the past four days. According to police, the alleged attacker killed in the retaliation was identified as Shahid. It emerged that the attacker was also involved in the murder of an inspector Imran who gunned him down along with his accomplice. Police claimed that the men were furious over the seizure of their vehicles by the inspector which he handed over to Kallar Syedan police station. A case was lodged over the complaint of the traffic sector in-charge at Ratta Amral police station. According to the First Information Report (FIR), motorcyclists came from the side of IJP Road and opened fire after stopping Their vehicle in front of the traffic police official Naveed. It stated that the attackers later fled from the scene towards Dhoke Hassu. Following the attack, the Islamabad police chief issued orders for tightening the security arrangements besides directing on-duty officials to wear bullet-proof jackets and helmets. IGP Islamabad Qazi Jameel-ur-Rehman instructed senior officers to check duties by themselves besides briefing the staff.
ATC to indict accused in
Osama murder case on 26th
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing Osama Satti murder case on Friday decided to indict the five accused policemen in the case on March 26. Osama Satti was killed by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel after they claimed that the boy refused to stop his vehicle at a check-point following a robbery report on the wireless in Islamabad. The post mortem report later found that the boy was shot multiple times from the front.
The hearing was presided over by the ATC Judge Raja Jawad, in which the accused policemen were presented, while the police failed to present the challan of the case. The Investigation Officer (IO) sought more time from the ATC for filing the challan of the case, which was granted by the court. Later, the hearing was adjourned until March 26. Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Nadeem Younis Satti, the father of Osama Satti who was shot dead by policemen in the federal capital. Commiserating with the bereaved family, the premier prayed for the departed soul. He regretted the despicable incident and assured the father of Osama Satti of complete justice.
