Funeral prayers of martyred officer offered at Police Line Rawalpindi

Dunya News

The suspects opened fire when two on-duty officers tried to stop the motorcyclists for checking.

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – The funeral prayers of the martyred Head Constable Muhammad Arif, were offered at Police Line Rawalpindi, on Sunday.

It is pertinent here to mention that an officer embraced martyrdom while other was critically injured late Saturday night as two armed men opened fire on them at a check-post near Kali Tanki in the premises of Bani Police Station area of Rawalpindi.

According to details, the incident occurred when two on-duty officers tried to stop the motorcyclists and they opened fire on them and fled from the scene.

As a result of firing of the unknown, one Head Constable Muhammad Arif was martyred while other Wajid was critically injured. They were shifted to the Holy Family Hospital.

The Certified Protection Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Abbas Ahsan reached hospital and also visited the crime scene and issued directives to arrest the criminal soon.

Police has initiated a search operation to arrest the suspects.