BATTAGRAM: The Battagram district police officer died of cardiac arrest on Monday morning.

DSP Sajid Nawaz told Dawn that DPO Asif Gohar passed away this morning due to cardiac arrest.

He said that DPO’s condition deteriorated at his home in Qalandarabad area of Abbottabad district, and his family shifted him to a hospital, but he was pronounced dead by doctors later on.

DSP Sajid Nawaz said earlier DPO Asif Gohar had also survived a heart attack.

Mr Gohar was appointed DPO Battagram about three months ago.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2024