PESHAWAR: In yet another case of police opening indiscriminate fire on a vehicle, four police officials have been arrested in Peshawar for killing a Levies personnel on the outskirt of Peshawar.
The incident occurred six days ago (January 03) when four police officials opened fire on a vehicle seriously wounding Levies personnel, identified as Riaz. He was later shifted to a private hospital for medical treatment.
Police managed to keep it a secret for four days but when the victim succumbed to his injuries and his family members finally cried foul, the SHO arrested the head of Sheikhan police post along with three others.
According to a local newspaper, the deceased Riaz himself is a policeman who was previously part of levies but became a policeman when levies and khasadar forces were merged into KP police.
A high ranking police officer told the newspaper that Riaz along with his driver visited a friend in Masho Peky area on the outskirt of the city where he had been invited for a dinner.
It is pertinent to mention here that incidents of police opening fire on vehicles have occurred frequently in the country, raising questions over the training of the personnel to deal with such situations.
Earlier on January 2, five Counter-Terrorism Force (CTF) officials were arrested for opening fire on a vehicle, leaving a youth dead in Islamabad. The security officials shot multiple fires on a ‘suspicious’ vehicle after allegedly trying to stop the driver many times.
