A paramedic and a policeman load a body into an ambulance. - Reuters (File Photo)

KARACHI: A police inspector, posted as the SHO of the Preedy police station, was shot dead in a Saddar locality late on Tuesday evening.

Police said that Inspector Agha Asadullah was travelling in his private car on Dr Daudpta Road when a bullet, probably fired by a sniper, hit him in the head.

Preedy DSP Zamir Abbasi said that the victim was rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead. He said that the inspector was in uniform when he was attacked. “At the moment it seems that he was hit by sniper fire,” he added.

The area DSP said that the incident took place at a crowded place, but no one saw any suspects fleeing from the scene. Since the start of the year over a dozen policemen, including several officers, have fallen victim to acts of terrorism in the city.

Last year over 100 policemen were gunned down in separate acts of targeted killings across the city.

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