Two cops killed in Charsadda accidents
Police have registered an FIR against both drivers.
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SHABQADAR:
Two police officers were killed in Charsadda in separate incidents, police officials said on Sunday.
Charsadda DPO said that in the first incident, SPO constable Jehangeer, who was posted on the Sardaryab check post in Charsadda went to check a tractor-trolley parked near the post at night. As he approached the tractor, calling on the driver to present himself, the driver allegedly clubbed the constable on the head and fled.
Later the injured constable was evacuated to the Charsadda District Headquarters Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. In the other incident, police constable Jamraz Ali left his post on the motorway near the River Kabul bridge to head home on Sunday morning when a speeding dump truck ran him over. The driver of the truck abandoned his vehicle and fled.
Police have registered an FIR against both drivers took impounded both vehicles. Search operations are underway to arrest the culprits.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 29th, 2019.
Two police officers were killed in Charsadda in separate incidents, police officials said on Sunday.
Charsadda DPO said that in the first incident, SPO constable Jehangeer, who was posted on the Sardaryab check post in Charsadda went to check a tractor-trolley parked near the post at night. As he approached the tractor, calling on the driver to present himself, the driver allegedly clubbed the constable on the head and fled.
Later the injured constable was evacuated to the Charsadda District Headquarters Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. In the other incident, police constable Jamraz Ali left his post on the motorway near the River Kabul bridge to head home on Sunday morning when a speeding dump truck ran him over. The driver of the truck abandoned his vehicle and fled.
Police have registered an FIR against both drivers took impounded both vehicles. Search operations are underway to arrest the culprits.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 29th, 2019.