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Terrorist, cop killed, three injured in gun battle

Suicide jacket, 10 hand grenades recovered from car

By our correspondents
July 29, 2015
FAISALABAD: A terrorist and a police constable were killed while three policemen were injured in a gun battle near a hotel at People’s Colony on Tuesday. The policemen- Haseeb Ahmad, Shoaib, Zeeshan and Mustafa - signalled a car at a picket. When the car stopped, the policemen asked the driver for checking. To it, the car riders opened fire on the policemen. As a result, Haseeb was killed on the spot while Shoaib, Zeeshan and Mustafa were seriously injured. The policemen also retaliated. Consequently, an unidentified terrorist was killed on the spot while the others fled.
Meanwhile, Regional Police Officer Ahsan Tufail, City Police Officer Afzaal Kausar, District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal and other officers along with heavy police contingent rushed to the spot. Police recovered a suicide jacket, 10 hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs, four pistols, five magazines and other ammunitions from the car. Police have cordoned off the area. The injured constables were shifted to the DHQ Hospital while the body of the terrorist was shifted to the Allied Hospital for autopsy.
The RPO issued on the spot instructions to the CPO to direct the DPOs of Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Chiniot districts to immediately start a search operation to apprehend the fleeing terrorists. Later, the RPO along with other officers visited the hospital and inquired about the injured constables. CPO Afzal Ahmad Kausar constituted a police team to start a search operation to apprehend the fleeing culprits. Meanwhile, all the police stations in Faisalabad district have been directed to thoroughly check all vehicles in their jurisdictions. Raids are being conducted to arrest the fleeing terrorists. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Provincial Home Minister Shuja Khanzada and IGP Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera, in their separate messages, appreciated the RPO and the CPO for accelerating steps for nabbing the fleeing terrorists.