Kharotabad incident: Police dismiss two officials named in tribunal report

QUETTA: Police on Wednesday dismissed two officials from their ranks on the recommendation of the Kharotabad tribunal.

Two low-ranking security officials involved in the Kharotabad incident have been suspended by the police.

Five foreigners were killed on May 17 earlier this year in the Kharotabad area of Balochistan when police and FC personnel opened fire at them.

However, the police and FC personnel claimed that the foreigners were armed and were suspected terrorists.

The Balochistan government took notice of the incident and established a tribunal for the inquiry of the incident.

The tribunal's findings revealed that the foreigners were not armed and that security forces did not have any reason to open fire at them.

The tribunal held four officals responsible for the killing of the foreigners; former CCPO Dawood Junejo, FC official Faisal Shahzad, Station House Officer (SHO) Fazalul Rehman and Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI)  Raza Khan were named as the security officials whose actions lead to the unfortunate incident.

Today, police have dismissed SHO Rehman and ASI Khan, while action is yet to be taken against the other two security officials.

According to reports, CCPO Quetta, Dawood Junejo’s status was changed to “On Special Duty”.