A police officer said that the suspect seemed to have reacted out of depression. PHOTO: APP/FILE
According to the police, an official of the paramilitary Rangers deputed in the area to provide security to census staff saw Malik Mukhtar Ahmed squabble with his team.
The official added that the suspect was a patwari (land record official) at the deputy commissioner’s office, and became upset when the census officials rang his doorbell.
The Ranger’s personnel claimed that Ahmed had hurled abuses at him and the army while refusing to share details required for the census.
Moreover, the official said that Ahmed had even tried to snatch his official gun while hurling threats.
Based on the complaint filed by the Ranger’s official, Ramna police have booked Ahmed for obstructing a public servant and for issuing threats.
Commenting on the incident, a police officer said that the suspect seemed to have reacted out of depression since he had only just returned from the hospital where his sister was admitted after suffering an accident.
The officer added that the suspect had also been suspended from his job at the land record office prior to Sunday morning’s incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 1st, 2017.
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