Islamabad Rangers Sector Commander on Friday said he had prepared a strategy to arrest gunman Sikandar without even firing a single bullet, but Zamrud Khan foiled the plan.
Sector Commander Khalid Jadoon submitted his statement before the Interior Ministry, a private TV channel reported.
He said he was not even contacted by the security officials or civil administrators before 7pm and got to know about the standoff through TV.
After watching the news, he ordered the wing commander to prepare two of their best snipers and two reaction forces to handle the situation if things got worse.
The statement revealed that IslamabadDC arranged a house in G-6 for dialogues with the perpetrator and SSP Operations Dr Rizwan convinced Sikandar’s wife Kanwal to meet at the arranged venue for negotiation.
Even though Sikandar had said that he would bring his arms with him, it was planned that after reaching the venue he would be unarmed and arrested.
But just as the sector commander, SSP Rizwan and DC Islamabad left in a car to get to the venue, where they were to be followed by Sikandar and family, they heard gunshots and saw a crowd near Islamabad Jinnah Avenue.
Eventually, they were informed that PPP leader Zamrud Khan attempted to grab Sikandar which resulted in exchange of fire from both sides and Sikandar got injured in the process.
Jadoon said even though Islamabad Police was skilful, they failed in taking some decisive decisions at the spur of the moment that made the situation worse.