An official vehicle of the Secretary Regulation knocked down and killed a prayer leader of a local mosque on Jail Road near the Met office in the Shadman Police precincts on Monday. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Irshad, prayer leader at Ya RasoolAllah Mosque at Birdwood Road. Police said that the deceased was going some where on his bicycle and was passing through Jail Road.
As Irshad reached near Met Office on Jail Road, the speeding official car of Secretary Regulation Muhammad Ilyas knocked him down from behind due to which Irshad sustained multiple wounds. Locals rushed Irshad to Services Hospital for medical aid where he succumbed to his injuries. Police reached the scene and arrested driver Muhammad Umer Bashir of Secretary Regulation Muhammad Ilyas and impounded his vehicle. Police registered a case against the driver after claiming that the Secretary Regulation was not sitting in the car.
Similarly, in a handout issued, the Punjab Government spokesman claimed that driver Umer Bashir of S&GAD has been suspended and an inquiry has been ordered against him for the death of a person in traffic accident on Jail Road. However, there was no officer in the vehicle when the accident took place.