Rangers official booked for alleged murder of cop

A paramilitary Rangers official has been booked for allegedly murdering a police constable posted at the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station. The FIR was registered at the Site-A police station on the complaint of the victim's father, Sub-Inspector Nazir Hussain.

According to Nazir, his 30-year-old son, Waseem Akhtar, was serving in the Sindh Police as a constable. Around 9:30am on Thursday, Waseem left home for duty on his motorcycle. At around 1pm, Nazir received a phone call informing him that a message circulating in a WhatsApp group claimed that his son had been killed. When he tried calling Waseem's mobile phone, the call was answered by SHO Site-A Imran Afridi, who asked him to rush to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Nazir was taken to the mortuary, where he identified his son's body. Nazir said that Waseem had gunshot wounds on his right arm and chest.

Nazir said his son was riding his motorcycle on Manghopir Road, in the SITE area, when he was stopped by an armed motorcyclist, who reportedly opened fire without provocation, striking Waseem in the chest and arm. Waseem returned fire in self-defence and is believed to have injured the assailant in the leg.

Nazir further stated that he later came to know through media reports that the shooter was identified as a paramilitary Rangers soldier named Noman. He alleged that Noman fatally shot his son without any known reason.

Police registered FIR under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.