A traffic police constable shot dead a ‘mentally unstable’ man near city police station on Tuesday.
The deceased man’s father Lal Ghani lodge an FIR at city police station in which he stated that he was living in Jamal Garhi and he had come to Mardan for medical check-up of his son. He said that his son Bilal Ghani, 20 year old was Hafiz-e-Quran and an elliptic patient.
He told that when they came near district assembly hall, Bilal Ghani jumped from the motor cycle and fought with the traffic police. Lal said that Bilal then ran away towards city police station.
He told that Bilal tried to conciliate with traffic police personnel but they did not hear and opened fire due to which he died.
Other side of the story according to DSP Ikhteraz Khan is that the constable, who fired at the deceased identified as Bilal, claimed that the man came running towards the police station and pushed the constable to the ground. The constable deemed the man to be suspicious and opened fire at him, killing him on the spot.
The DSP added that the constable Saeed khan, had been arrested and a case was registered against him. Further investigation into the case is underway.
In a similar incident around two months ago, police shot and killed a vendor whom they suspected to be a terrorist, within the jurisdiction of the Mardan city police station.
The vendor named Olas used to sell clothes on a bicycle. He had entered the red zone, where courts are present, but did not stop when the police asked him to. The police then followed him and hit him with their vehicle. Olas fell on the ground but stood up and started running away. According to the police, his suspected appearance due to ‘long hair and beard’, made them open fire on him. He was taken to the hospital in an injured condition, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Later, it was confirmed Olas was innocent as no criminal record was found to be registered against him.