A former Orangi Town Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and his family escaped a targeted attack in North Nazimabad on Sunday.
DSP Muhammad Tariq Malik, accompanied by his wife and three children, was travelling back to his house in Gulistan-e-Jauhar from Orangi Town when two armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on his car.
Malik told The Express Tribune that he managed to dodge the bullets and reached the nearest police mobile unit, but the attackers escaped.
Several militants and target killers were reportedly arrested during raids in Orangi Town, Kati Pahari, Banaras and Manghopir, during Malik’s one-year posting in Orangi Town. Malik suspected that militants could be behind the incident as his children were also targeted on their way back from school in August.
According to the DSP, who has been waiting for his next posting for the last three months, he has received threats from anonymous callers, warning him of “dire consequences” for his role in police operations in Orangi Town and other areas.
SHO Raja Tariq said a case has been registered at the Shara-e-Noor Jahan police station and police was trying to trace the attackers through the calls made to DSP Malik. Orangi Town police have also been informed for assistance in the investigation.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2012.
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