Two terrorists killed in Tank IBO
The security forces on Saturday neutralized two terrorists including a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander during an intelligence based operation (IBO) in district Tank of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). The TTP operative has been identified as Commander Hanzala.
During the IBO, the forces also rounded up an injured terrorist, who revealed vital details about the terror network operating in Tankits hideouts and operativesleading to a search operation. The authorities have beefed up security in the district and established pickets at the entry and exit points of the district.
Separately, authorities foiled a terrorist attempt to attack a police station at Gambella area of district Lakki. Around 10-12 terrorists had taken position in an area surrounding the Gambella Police Station in the wee hours of Saturday. However, due to the police's swift response, the terrorist had to flee.
However, terrorists managed to detonate a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) in the Sorbat Nalai area of Khar tehsil of district Bajuar. One resident of the area, Subhan Ullah son of Fazl Subhan, sustained minor injuries as a result of the explosion.
The injured person was immediately taken to District Headquarters Hospital in Khar. Authorities later cordoned off the explosion site and commenced investigation.
Meanwhile, Rakhmeen Khan, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), who had got injured in a terrorist attack in North Waziristan earlier this month succumbed to his injuries on Saturday.
Rakhmeen had been critically wounded in an attack in the jurisdiction of Tullay Khula Police Station, Lower South Waziristan on July 4 and had been under treatment at Mission Hospital Peshawar.
His funeral prayer was offered with full state honors at Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines.
The funeral was attended by a large number of police officers and personnel, including K-P Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed, CCPO Qasim Ali Khan, SSP Operations Masood Ahmad, SSP Investigation Noor Jamal, and SP Headquarters Ali Gohar, as well as the martyr's family members.
IGP Hameed and CCPO Khan laid floral wreaths on the martyr's coffin and prayed for the elevation of his rank in the hereafter. The IGP offered condolences to the bereaved family and paid tribute to the courage and sense of duty shown by the late DSP Rukhmeen Khan.