Peshawar Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Tahir Khan was abducted by armed men in the federal capital on Saturday.
According to Islamabad police, SSP Tahir Khan, belonging to the rural zone, was kidnapped from the jurisdiction of Ramna Police Station. The SSP was on his way to home when he was kidnapped by armed culprits, the police said. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police has been told about his kidnapping. Police teams have been formed to recover him, Islamabad’s SSP Operations Muhammad Amin Bukhari said.
The KP police officials said that SSP Khan was on vacations and had gone to Islamabad for some personal work.
He left his residence in the capital for a walk on Friday but did not return home, police said.
Khan’s family members have expressed the fear that he may have been abducted. His mobile phone is also currently powered off, federal police officials said.
Muhammad Amin Bukhari told media that police teams have been constituted to look for SP Khan. “It cannot be said at this point whether he was kidnapped or he met an accident,” Amin Bukhari said.
Capital City Police Officer Qazi Jamilur Rahman confirmed that the police were unable to contact SP Khan as his number was switched off. “It would be premature to comment on his disappearance, although we are in constant touch with Islamabad police to know the facts,” he said.
Published in Daily Times, October 28th 2018.