Abro himself shot Salman Lashari: accused cop

Sakrand Training Centre SSP Ghulam Sarwar Abro’s son himself shot Suleman Lashari, an O’ level student, who was killed in Karachi earlier this May, claimed one of the arrested police officers allegedly involved in the murder on Saturday.

On May 9, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had sent four police officials on physical-custody remand for their alleged involvement in the murder. It was also reported that the SSP was becoming an obstacle in the investigation process.

The murder

An 18-year-old student of O’ Levels was shot dead at 2am on May 8 while he was studying in his balcony. The young man was allegedly targeted by the SSP’s son, Salman Abro, who came to Salman’s house along with five police constables to settle an argument.

The guards deployed at Salman’s house had retaliated and the victim’s brother Zeeshan had also joined in after getting his weapon from his room.

Salman was also injured in the exchange of fire and one of his police guards, constable Zaheer Ahmed, was killed. Salman is critically injured and is currently admitted to Ziauddin Hospital. The incident had also left Salman’s guard, Ali Bugti, injured.

An FIR No 235/2014 has been registered by the deceased’s brother at the Darakhshan police station against Salman and the four police constables – Muhammad Rasheed, Yasin, Maqbool and Imran. The name of the deceased police constable has not been added in the FIR. The four surviving policemen are in police custody while Salman will be arrested when he recovers from his injuries.

Taking action against SSP

On May 9, the police department had decided to initiate legal action against Salman’s father after his son was booked for murder.

Based on the initial reports, the police officials had asked their superiors to take action against the SSP for misusing state resources.

An inquiry team had been constituted to investigate SSP Abro and was ordered to submit its report within three days.