ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police have arrested four Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) personnel for fatally shooting a citizen in Rawal Town on Wednesday night.
According to the FIR [First Information Report], Inayat Shah and Ijaz Shah were on their way to Margalla Town when the ATS personnel signalled them to stop the car. Once the car stopped, the ATS personnel allegedly opened fire at the two men, killing Inayat on the spot and injuring Ijaz, according to Inayat’s son, who is the complainant in the case.
However, the ATS personnel had claimed that they opened fire when the car riders ignored their signal to stop the vehicle at a picket.
Earlier this year in February, a young man was fatally shot by a policeman in Islamabad’s Sector I-10/1 allegedly after failing to stop at a checkpoint.
Taimur received at least one bullet injury to the head after Samiullah Niazi of the police’s Eagle Squad opened fire on his vehicle. The police officer had fled the scene after the incident. At the time, police officials had said that the officer had opened fire at Taimur after he ignored police’s signal to stop the vehicle.
The incident had sparked rioting and protests on Islamabad’s IJP Road at the time, with the victim’s family dismissing the police statement and saying there had been no prior warning or order to stop before the officer opened fire.
In January 2016, a youth in Karachi was shot dead by police officials for allegedly not stopping at a checkpost in the Gizri area.
The two police officials on duty – Altaf and Mudassir – were been taken into custody.
