A senior officer of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police was shot injured in a mugging incident on Sunday in Peshawar, DawnNewsTV reported on Tuesday.

SSP Operations Javed Iqbal, in a brief chat with the media personnel, confirmed that Additional Inspector General (AIG) Khalid Abbas was the victim of a mugging incident in Pishtakhara area of the city.

The first information report (FIR) of the incident narrates that the AIG was on his way back home when he was mugged at gunpoint within the jurisdiction of Pishtakhara police station.

The AIG reported that he had Rs20,000 on him, whereas, his wife was carrying Rs30,000 — both of which the muggers took away.

The FIR further states that the AIG was also fired at, and that he received a bullet wound on his left foot.

Last week it was reported that an official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, Superintendent of police (SP) Tahir Khan, has gone missing from the Ramna neighbourhood of Islamabad.

Khan's family members have expressed the fear that he may have been abducted.

Meanwhile, the head of Peshawar city police said the missing SP had been on a short leave, and had travelled to Islamabad in connection with personal matters.

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Qazi Jamilur Rehman 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.