PESHAWAR/BATTAGRAM: Two policemen were martyred in gun attacks in Peshawar and Battagram districts on Tuesday, the police said.

They said that unidentified attackers shot dead an ex-serviceman working in the police department when he was guarding a shop of a Sikh community trader in Baghbanan Bazaar in the limits of Inqilab police station.

The police said that the martyred cop was identified as Farhad.

The police launched a search operation in the area following the attack and were investigating the killing.

Separately, unknown assailants gunned down a police constable in the line of duty in Battagram district during the wee hours of Tuesday.

DSP Sajid Nawaz Khan confirmed that police constable – ex-serviceman Amjid Hussain Shah – was deployed at Kas Pull checkpoint when unidentified assailants opened fire at him at around 4am.

He said that the body was shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Battagram. Later, his funeral prayers were offered at Battagram Police Lines. The DIG Hazara division also participated in the funeral of the martyred cop.

DSP Nawaz said that the martyred constable belonged to Haripur district, and his body had been dispatched to his home town.

He said that a search operation had been launched to arrest the assailants.

The police officer said that they were looking into the incident from multiple angles whether it was carried by militants, other miscreants or it was the result of a personal enmity.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2024