ISLAMABAD: A police official was murdered on Thursday allegedly by another police official over a dispute involving an official residence.

Police said the incident took place at a residential block in G-6/1 allotted to the police.

A constable stationed at the Criminal Intelligence Agency was allegedly shot and killed by another constable deployed with the Anti-Riot Unit.

Police officers told Dawn on the condition of anonymity that neighbours, heard a gunshot from a flat. When they arrived at the flat, they saw a police official bleeding on the floor.

The injured man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The flat in question was shared by three police officials, one of whom was out of them and another – deployed with the Anti-Riot Unit – who has disappeared.

The officers said that they still do not know what happened in the flat, but it is believed that the constable who disappeared was behind the murder.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2020