MULTAN: Unknown assailants gunned down a deputy chief inspector of the department of industries as he reached his office in Multan early on Wednesday.

SSP Operations Saifullah Khattak told media representatives that two gunmen were waiting in the area and approached Chaudhry Ghulam Haider as soon as he reached his office, snatched his mobile phone and fired two bullets at him.

Both bullets hit the deputy chief inspector in the head, killing him on the spot while the attackers managed to escape from the scene.

The police official added that the motive of the attack was not known.

Fear and panic gripped the area after the shooting and the slain officer's colleagues gathered on the spot and called the police.

Police and rescue teams reached the spot.

The body was shifted to Multan's Nishtar Hospital whereas policemen cordoned off the attack site as a probe into the incident went underway.

The office is situated at a sensitive location and is surrounded by government offices with the Multan District Jail on one side and the Circuit House on the other.