Retired FC official killed in police shootout at Peshawar hotel

SSP operations says suspect shot at hotel staff from inside his room

PESHAWAR: A retired Frontier Corps official was killed on Tuesday morning during a shootout with police in a local hotel in Peshawar.

The man who was killed in mysterious circumstances at Bangash Hotel in Dabgari area had stayed in one of the hotel rooms last night, SSP Operations Abbas Majeed Marwat told The Express Tribune.



“The person had identified himself as Yahya, a resident of Wazirsistan and stayed in room 24 of the hotel,” the police officer said. “The next morning when hotel staff knocked at the door, he fired from inside.”

The firing prompted the hotel management to call for additional police force which used tear gas to tackle the suspect, however, when the firing stopped the man was found dead in the room, the senior police official maintained.

Further, the hotel manager said the person was a retired Frontier Corps official and his card and other belongings have been seized by the police.

According to police, a gun and several bullets were recovered from the possession of the accused while a gunny bag was also removed from the room and was handed over  to the bomb disposal squad for clearance.

“The suspect’s age has been estimated as 35 years,” SSP Marwat said, however, the police official declined to give any details about the possible motives of the shooter or whether it was linked to terrorism or not.



“Police have launched investigation into the entire episode and looking for the record of the person killed and there are only speculations going on at the moment,” he said.