KHYBER: The Khyber police are yet to find any tangible clue to the killers of journalist Khalil Jibran despite lapse of three weeks since his murder took place.

Speaking to reporters at the Shah Kas Police Training Centre here the other day, district police officer Saleem Abbas Kulachi said that the investigation team had so far investigated 13-14 suspects, but it was yet to reach a conclusion about the actual identity of the assailants.

“The issue is of a grave nature, and the police are working in close coordination with other law enforcement agencies in order to make a breakthrough,” he said. He expressed his optimism about finding a clue to the identity of the armed attackers as the police had increased patrolling of the area where Jibran was assassinated on June 18.

He said that increased police patrolling had helped alleviate fear among the common people and enhanced their trust on the police.

DPO Kulachi also talked about threatening letters issued to some policemen, local elders and at least four journalists, and insisted that he could not verify the authenticity of the letters issued by comparatively new militant groups, Lashkari Al-Jihad and Ghazwaul Hind.

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2024