SWABI: The district police today (Monday) arrested five suspects in connection with the killing of an anti-terrorism court judge and his family members.
According to a statement, a joint operation team carried out an operation in Peshawar and Khyber and apprehended five suspects. The statement added that the deceased judge’s son, Majid Afridi, will identify the suspects.
The police officials further informed that two vehicles mentioned in the First Information Report (FIR) have also been taken into police custody.
A day earlier, Judge Aftab Afridi was travelling to Islamabad from Peshawar when his car came under fire at the Swabi Interchange. Afridi, his wife, daughter-in-law and three-year-old grandson Mohammad Sanan died while the driver was seriously injured.
The FIR, registered on the complaint of the judge’s son, stated that the judge was returning to Islamabad after attending a wedding in Peshawar. The FIR also named six suspects including Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abdul Latif Afridi.
The case was registered under sections 302 (murder or Qatl-i-Amd), 324 (attempted murder), 148 (armed with deadly weapon), 149, 109 (abetment), 427 (damage to property), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging their duty) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code, read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
