RAWALPINDI: Martyred SHO of Racecourse police inspector Mian Imran was laid to rest on Monday.

Besides Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan Sweet Home Patron-in-Chief of Zumarad Khan, senior police officers and a large number of people attended his funeral prayers held at the Police Lines Headquarters.

On the other hand, the police have registered an FIR under section 7of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 on the complaint of Cantt SHO sub-inspector Aizaz Azeem.

He said in the FIR that inspector Mian Imran was on his way home from Saddar after having a high-tea at a restaurant with his family.

His subordinates SI Mohsin Hayat and ASI Zeeshan Sarwar followed his car in a private vehicle.

He further said as Imran’s car crossed Gymkhana, two gunmen appeared on a motorcycle on the driver’s side and fired a gunshot and managed to flee.

The injured was shifted to the Fuji Foundation Hospital but he died on way to the hospital.

Mian Imran was accompanied by his wife, three children and a sister when he was targeted by unidentified assailants on the main Saddar road on Sunday. None of the occupants of the car was hurt in the ‘targeted attack’.

Published in Dawn, March 9th, 2021