ISI officer was killed in Pakistan's Punjab, police raiding to find the accused
Two officers of Inter-Services Intelligence, an intelligence agency, were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Khanewal district of Pakistan's Punjab province. In this regard, the CTD has registered a case against the suspect and his accomplices under the charges of murder and terrorism.
The two policemen killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on December 3 in Khanewal district of Pakistan's Punjab province were officers of the country's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). On the day of the attack, police claimed that the two dead officers were attached to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the provincial police.
The FIR registered in the case revealed that the two ISI officers were working to bust a terror network in South Punjab. The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Al-Qaeda-linked terror group Lashkar-e-Khorasan have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Raids are being conducted to arrest the accused
According to the FIR, ISI Multan Zone Director Naveed Sadiq and Inspector Nasir Abbas had met an 'informer' (suspected killer) at a roadside restaurant on the national highway near Peerowal in Khanewal district on Tuesday.
After having tea, they all went to the parking lot, when informer Umar Khan suddenly pulled out a gun and shot both the officers. The CTD has registered a case against the suspect and his accomplices under the charges of murder and terrorism. Raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.
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