Probe launched into Ajmeer Shah’s killing
October 30, 2011
NOWSHERA: The authorities here Saturday launched a probe into the suicide attack in Risalpur in which Station House Officer (SHO) Ajmeer Shah and his driver were killed and another cop was injured.
The sources said that different aspects of the incident were discussed at a meeting presided over by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s new Inspector General of Police Mohammad Akbar Hoti.
Capital City Police Officer Imtiaz Altaf and officials of the intelligence agencies also attended the meeting.
The sources said that Ajmeer Shah, SHO of Risalpur Police Station, had been lured into reaching Bara Banda Chowk where a suicide bomber stated to be 19-year-old was waiting to target him.
Some reports suggested that a motorcyclist dropped the suicide bomber at the place of the occurrence.
According to those injured and also the intelligence agencies, the slain SHO mistook the bomber for a poor person and approached him to give him some alms. At the same time the bomber struck, blowing up himself and the Inspector Ajmeer Shah.
There were also rumours that two families living in Bara Banda near Risalpur mysteriously disappeared following the suicide attack. Keeping in view the prevailing security situation, the sources said that security had been beefed up in Peshawar, Kohat and Mardan divisions.
DSP (Cantonment) Akhtar Ali Khan confirmed that they had received information that more suicide attacks would be carried out in Nowshera. He said the security of sensitive areas and important personalities had also been increased.
District Police Officer Mohammad Hussain also said that the security of Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain and other high- ranking officials had been increased.
Meanwhile, the Anjuman-e-Tajiran, Risalpur representing the traders and shopkeepers announced that it would mourn the slaying of the police cops.
The sources said that different aspects of the incident were discussed at a meeting presided over by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s new Inspector General of Police Mohammad Akbar Hoti.
Capital City Police Officer Imtiaz Altaf and officials of the intelligence agencies also attended the meeting.
The sources said that Ajmeer Shah, SHO of Risalpur Police Station, had been lured into reaching Bara Banda Chowk where a suicide bomber stated to be 19-year-old was waiting to target him.
Some reports suggested that a motorcyclist dropped the suicide bomber at the place of the occurrence.
According to those injured and also the intelligence agencies, the slain SHO mistook the bomber for a poor person and approached him to give him some alms. At the same time the bomber struck, blowing up himself and the Inspector Ajmeer Shah.
There were also rumours that two families living in Bara Banda near Risalpur mysteriously disappeared following the suicide attack. Keeping in view the prevailing security situation, the sources said that security had been beefed up in Peshawar, Kohat and Mardan divisions.
DSP (Cantonment) Akhtar Ali Khan confirmed that they had received information that more suicide attacks would be carried out in Nowshera. He said the security of sensitive areas and important personalities had also been increased.
District Police Officer Mohammad Hussain also said that the security of Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain and other high- ranking officials had been increased.
Meanwhile, the Anjuman-e-Tajiran, Risalpur representing the traders and shopkeepers announced that it would mourn the slaying of the police cops.
