Man killed in alleged police encounter
Rizvia Society Police Station raided the area after they were tipped-off about the presence of the AQIS militants. PHOTO: Reuters/FILE
During an alleged police encounter in Batala Colony, one alleged robber was killed while another fled by taking advantage of the dark, police said.
Police started searching for his accomplice by seizing the motorcycle and pistol from the deceased after shifting his body to a hospital.
Police said that ASI Imtiaz Ahmed of Batala Colony Police Station, who had been on patrol duty, signaled two “suspicious people” on a motorcycle to stop during a blockade in Haji Chowk, Sarfraz Colony, around 5:30 a.m.
Police said the “armed suspects” allegedly opened fire on police personnel.
The police fired in self-defence in which 34-year-old Muhammad Asif, a resident of Street Number 13 of Mohalla Shadipura, was injured while his accomplice escaped by taking advantage of the dark.
As soon as the police encounter was reported, the DSP of the Batala Colony Police Station, Mian Khalid, along with the SHO and other policemen reached the spot.
Asif was being taken to a hospital, but he died enroute.
Police shifted the body to the mortuary.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2023.