PESHAWAR, July 12: Unidentified gunmen on Friday shot dead a former Intelligence Bureau official at Dhaki Nalbandi in Khan Raziq police station limits.

An official said the deceased, Mr Arif, was former IB assistant director. “He was purchasing items for iftari when two unknown armed men riding a motorbike attacked him,” he said. The official said the injured was taken to Lady Reading Hospital but could not survive.

The official said Mr Arif was the second former IB official murdered in the past week. “A former assistant director was shot dead in Shakhabad in Gulbahar police station limits on July 8,” he said.

Meanwhile, police arrested two persons suspected to be involved in DSP Amanullah Khan and his driver’s murder.—Bureau Report