ASI shot dead

PESHAWAR: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Nasapa village on Charsadda Road on Monday. ASI Falak Sher from Umarzai had gone for investigation in a case to Nasapa where armed men opened fire on him while on his way back. “Two attackers on a motorbike opened fire with an automatic machinegun. The officer died on the spot,” SSP Operations Zahoor Afridi told reporters. The attackers escaped. Police said a search operation was underway in the area to arrest the killers. Meanwhile, two policemen were wounded in Matani in a road accident and were shifted to a hospital.