Former Airport SHO martyred in Quetta

Hospital sources say Kakar was shot five times

QUETTA: Former Station House Officer (SHO) Fazal-ur-Rehman Kakar was martyred in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Masjid Road area of the provincial capital on Sunday. According to the police, armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the former SHO, who was at a show room on Masjid Road.

As a result, he died on the spot. Police reached the site and cordoned off the entire area and started search to trace out suspects. The body of the deceased was shifted to Quetta Civil hospital for legal formalities. “Kakar took five bullets in his chest and head,” hospital sources said, adding that he died on the spot. No group claimed responsibility of the killing till filing of the report. A case has been registered against unknown persons and investigations are under way. Kakar was the former SHO of Airport police station. He served during the operation in Kharotabad area in which five Chechens were killed in an encounter with police and FC personnel in 2011.  Kakar was dismissed from his post following a court order in 2011.

Governor Balochistan Muhammad Khan Achakzai strongly condemned the incident and directed the concerned authorities to arrest the suspects immediately. He also prayed for the deported soul for eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear irreparable loss.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 22^nd, 2018.