Bisham suicide attack Deputies given acting charge after cops suspension

PESHAWAR: The deputies were given acting charge following the suspension of four cops after an attack on a carrying Chinese nationals in Bisham last month.

The federal government suspended four officers, including, Regional Police Officer, Hazara, Muhammad Ijaz Khan, Deputy Inspector General of Special Security Unit, Zafar Ali and Muhammad Suleman and Jamil Akhtar, who were posted as district police officers in Upper and Lower Kohistan districts.

Many were surprised as to why the officers of Hazara region were suspended if the incident had happened in another region. Many raised eyebrows over the government as the area, where the incident had happened, neither falls in the jurisdiction of the RPO Hazara nor any of the suspended DPOs.

On Tuesday, a notification was issued in which DPO Abbottabad was given acting charge of RPO Hazara and Abdul Rashid was given acting charge of commandant SSU.Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver were killed a bus was targeted in a suicide attack in Bisham area of Shangla district on March 27.The Chinese nationals were on their way from Islamabad to their camp at the dam construction site in Dasu.