KARACHI
Inspector Shafiq Tanoli was killed by the Abid Machar group of the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a private news channel reported on Friday.
Tanoli, after the eighth attempt on his life, was killed in Karachi’s Old Sabzi Mandi area on Thursday.
According to the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), the attackers knew Tanoli had insufficient security after he was demoted from SHO to ASI on the alleged charges of an illegal raid.
The investigation revealed that the group had unsuccessfully targeted Tanoli earlier in December and had planned another attack in March. Due to past attempts, Tanoli was advised not to move freely in his neighbourhood, particularly spending time at shops near his house.
The SIU officials said that several members of the Abid Machar group had been arrested or killed in encounters.
The leader of the group – originally from Waziristan – moves around in Karachi and keeps changing his residence mostly in the area of Sohrab Goth.