Two held in major’s murder case

ISLAMABAD: Two suspects were arrested in connection with Major Laraib murder case, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khalid here on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference here at Rescue 15 along with DIG (Operations) Waqaruddin Syed, the IGP said that Major Laraib was murdered by two street criminals who had been arrested following hard work of two police investigation teams working under the supervision of DIG (Operations).

He said these teams headed by SP (Investigation) and SP (Saddar) worked day and night to trace this blind murder case and further details would be revealed after completing the legal proceedings.

Islamabad police chief appreciated DIG (Operations) and his teams who successfully traced the criminals within short time. It is to mention that officer of security agency, Major Laraib, was shot dead by unidentified assailants last month while he was sitting in the public park in Sector G-10.

IGP Islamabad rejected social media posts regarding increase in crime rate in sectors F-10 and F-11 and said that a campaign was initiated against Islamabad police which was untrue. Owing to successful policing in these areas, Aamir Zulfiqar said that four criminal gangs comprising 16 suspects had been recently arrested.

Islamabad police chief said that suspects involved in murder of a CDA official during mobile snatching attempt in Aabpara area had been arrested.

Aamir Zulfiqar said that Islamabad had been declared as safe city of Pakistan as per World Crime Index which was due to hard work and professional attitude of each policeman from level of constable to DIG.