Police arrest alleged ‘cop killers’

Suspects wanted in number of cases of robberies

ISLAMABAD:

Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad police claimed to have arrested a four-member gang of robbers involved in killing of a sub-inspector and other incidents of firing on police personnel and recovered arms and ammunition from them.

On the tip off CIA police team on the direction of SP (Investigation) Malik Naeem Iqbal constituted police team under the supervision of DSP CIA Hakim Khan including Inspector Abdul Gahfoor, Sub-Inspector Muhammad Iqbal, Tajumal Hussain, ASIs Iftikhar Ahmed, Irfan Ullah, Jaffer Ali along with others. During special checking at Peshawar road area of Noon Police Station near Motorway Chowk the police team tried to stop a vehicle when the accused opened fire on the personnel.

The team worked hard and succeeded to arrest an alleged gang of robbers hailing from Afghanistan.

They were identified as Mustafa alias Fareed, Amail Khan, Zabi Ullah resident of Afghanistan and Abdul Sattar Khan resident of Manshera, and recovered arm ammunition used in crime.

During the preliminary investigation, they confessed to murder of Sub-inspector Aslam Gill.

They also admitted their involvement in several dacoity cases in areas of Rawalpinid and Islamabad.

Separate cases have been registered against the nabbed persons and further investigation is underway from them.

Operations DIG Waqaruddin Syed appreciated the overall performance of CIA police team and announced cash prizes and commendation certificates for them.

He said the name of personnel in these teams would be forwarded to IG Aamir Zulfiqar Khan with recommendation of special prizes to them.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 21^st, 2020.