LAHORE: Police, on Tuesday, have taken into custody eight suspects they believe to be connected to the killing of one police constable and injuring of another in a hit-and-run incident in Lahore’s Defence area on New Year’s Eve.
Police had already taken the prime suspect in the case, Mohammad Saeed, in custody on Monday. It is believed that Saeed had been over-speeding when he lost control of the vehicle and overran a check post manned by constables Mustansar Hussain and Qasim.
Constable Mustansir died on the way to the hospital, while another named Qasim is still under treatment at the Lahore General Hospital.
The First Information Report (FIR) of the incident, which was lodged on Monday, stated that constables Mustansar Hussain and Qasim, who had been on duty at a check post near Cavalry Chowk, had signalled a speeding car to stop, but it ended up hitting the two constables and critically injuring them. The driver of the vehicle had managed to flee after the incident, leaving his car behind, the report added.
The FIR nominated the suspects for ‘causing death without intention to cause harm’ and ‘causing harm by rash or negligent driving’.
