Cop with Rs2.5m head money for fiancé's murder arrested

A policeman, who had allegedly shot dead his fiancé, a government primary school teacher, on April 7, was arrested in a police raid at the residence of a lawyer in Kambar-Shahdadkot district on Friday.

The district's SSP Sajid Amir Saddozai told a press conference that Fareed Hasilo has been rounded up in a raid led by Sub Inspector Naek Muhammad Khoso of Hyderabad police.

He was allegedly taking shelter in the house of a lawyer, Afzal Qadir Khoso, who has also been arrested along with his brother, police constable Ahmed Nawaz Khoso. They both have been booked in a separate FIR lodged on the police complaint with charges of providing shelter to a murder accused carrying head money of Rs2.5 million and for obstructing the police duty.

The Sindh High Court had taken notice of the cold-blooded murder of Sadaf Hasilo in Kambar when she was travelling towards Larkana in a van. Fareed allegedly tried to pull her out of the vehicle but she resisted due to which he gunned her down.