Daily Times

RAWALPINDI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday ordered a judicial inquiry into the killing of two brothers in a fake encounter with the police in Quaid-i-Azam Colony area last Thursday.

According to details, the deceased were identified as Wasim and Irfan. The police officer and the constable who also sustained bulleted injuries are said to be stable in the hospital.

The relatives of the deceased staged a massive protest against the police and blocked the Dhamial-Chakri Road by placing the dead bodies in the middle of the road triggering a massive traffic jam.

They accused the police of arresting the brothers alive and later killing them in a fake encounter.

Police also arrested four brothers namely Hafiz Aftab, Qasim, Naheem and Nadim of the deceased while the main accused is still at large.

According to sources, a police party headed by Station House Officer (SHO) RA Bazaar, Malik Sajid, carried out a raid on a house located in Quaid-e-Azam Colony on Wednesday night to arrest one Manan, who was wanted by in a motorcycle snatching case.

Seeing the police party, Manan opened firing, injuring the SHO Malik Sajid and constable Shahzeb. The police retaliated and injured two brothers Wasim and Irfan. However, Manan managed to escape from the scene, sources said.

All the four injured, including cops were moved to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital, for medical treatment. Regional Police Officer (RPO) Wisal Fakhar Sultan Raja and City Police Officer (RPO) Israr Ahmed Khan Abbasi also reached the hospital and inquired about the health of the wounded cops.

Talking to the media, the RPO said the accused of the motorcycle snatching case opened firing at the police from the rooftop of the house when the police raided the house to arrest him. In the firing, the SHO and the constable were injured, he said.

On the other hand, the relatives of the deceased placed the dead bodies on Dhamial Chakri Road and staged a protest demonstration against the police. They blocked the road for all kinds of traffic by burning old tyres and chanted slogans against the RPO, the CPO, SP Potohar Division and the DSP Cantt Circle. Talking to the media, the heirs of the deceased said the police in civvies stormed into the house of Manan and asked the women about his whereabouts.

They said the cops started misbehaving with the women as a result of which Wasim and Irfan resisted. They said the police took them into custody and brought them out of their home where they were shot and injured by the police. “The police brought the injured brothers to the DHQ after a delay of two hours during which they died,” a relative of Manan said.

The mother of the deceased demanded of CJP to take suo moto notice of the alleged fake police encounter.