Suspected criminal killed

In separate incident, NHMP patrolling officer shot, injured by fleeing bandits on M-1

ATTOCK:

An alleged criminal was killed during a shootout with police in Attock on Saturday.

According to a spokesperson for the police, a team of Attock Saddar Police during a snap checking in the Sheenbagh area in the wee hours of Saturday, signaled three persons on a motorcycle to stop. He said upon seeing the police party, the motorcycle riders opened indiscriminate firing and attempted to flee the scene.

The police chased down the suspects and found them hiding in an under-construction house. The accused opened fire at the police team, however, in retaliatory fire, one of the assailants, identified as Muhammad Bilal, was killed while two others managed to escape. Police have registered a case against the outlaws and launched further investigation.

On the same day, a patrolling officer of the National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) was shot and injured by fleeing bandits on Islamabad- Peshawar motorway (M-1) within the jurisdiction of Hazro Police station.

According to a police spokesperson, the patrolling officer named Farman Ullah was on duty when he spotted six suspected persons riding two motorcycles moving on the motorway. As riding motorcycles on the motorway was banned, the cop tried to intercept them but as he approached them, they shot at him and managed to escape.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2023.