Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Qazi Abdul Wahid was gunned down outside his home in Arif Galli on Saryab Road on Wednesday.
A senior police official said the retired DIG had just left his house to go somewhere when unknown armed men sprayed his car with bullets, killing him instantly.
Soon after the attack, police rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The former DIG’s body was shifted to the Civil Hospital in Quetta for legal formalities.
“It is a case of targeted killing,” said the official, adding that police had received 12 empty bullet shells from the scene of the attack.
Wahid was active in war against terror during his service, primarily focusing against sectarian terrorists. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
