PAF officer found dead in PAF headquarters' room

ISLAMABAD: An officer of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was found dead, under mysterious circumstances, in a room at the PAF headquarters, officials said on Tuesday.

A medical board has been constituted to ascertain the cause of the officer’s death. Group Captain Rizwan Ateeq was found dead, hanging from a window grille in a room on Monday morning.

PAF officials told the police that the officer had apparently committed suicide by wrapping one end of a sheet around his neck and the other tied to the grille.



Sources said that the officer had reportedly been found dead at around 7:30am. However, local police were not informed till noon. Officials at the  Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) confirmed to The Express Tribune that a three-member medical board had been constituted to ascertain the cause of the officer’s death.

His body was handed over to his family after an autopsy was conducted by officials at the hospital on Tuesday. Results of the autopsy are still awaited.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 12^th, 2017.