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May 27, 2022
Ex-Army Officer, Son Remanded in Model Town Cop Killing Case
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday remanded a retired army officer and his son in police custody for seven days in a case of killing a constable in Model Town. Police produced retired Maj Sajid Hussain and his son Akrama Bukhari before the court.
The investigating officer requested the court to grant 14-day physical remand of the suspects to complete investigation into the case. The court, however, allowed the remand for seven days and directed the police to produce the suspects again on June 1.
A police team had raided the Model Town home of the suspects, the workers of the PTI, when they opened fire on the personnel leading to the instant death of Constable Kamal on Tuesday.
According to an earlier report, “f ederal ministers and PTI leaders blamed each other on Tuesday in the aftermath of the killing of the policeman who was gunned down during a raid in Lahore against people ‘taking the law into their own hands’ last night.
“Kamal Ahmad, a police constable, was killed during an operation in Lahore's Model Town locality last night after an unidentified person opened fire on him, Lahore DIG Operations Sohail Chaudhry told reporters outside a hospital.
“The raid coincided with the post-midnight police crackdown on PTI leaders' residences, ahead of the party's planned long march to Islamabad on May 25
“DIG Chaudhry, without naming any political party, said the police was cracking down on activists who were "taking the law into their own hands and doing hooliganism".
“When the police party reached the home of an activist — Sajid Hussain, against whom the police filed an FIR afterwards — an unidentified person opened fire from its rooftop, the DIG said.
"A bullet hit the upper part of the constable's chest, which is a very critical area. A lot of effort was made [to save him] but when we reached here (the hospital), he had become frail."
“The policeman later succumbed to his wounds, DIG Chaudhry said. He vowed that the person responsible for the firing would not be able to escape and raids were being conducted to arrest him.
“A first information report (FIR) filed later notably does not mention the police operation was linked to the raids on PTI leaders, but does identify the alleged shooter.
“The FIR stated that a police party, during a search operation in Model Town, rang the doorbell of Hussain's house at 1:40am. Shortly afterwards, two ‘armed people’ identified as Sajid Hussain and Akrama Bukhari, appeared on the terrace and Hussain asked in a ‘threatening tone’ why they (police) had come to his house late at night, it said.
“The police party responded that they were conducting a search operation regarding tenancy, according to the FIR. However, Hussain and his son became angry and started ‘threatening the officials with dire consequences’.
"Hussain asked his son Bukhari to fire straight at the police party. Bukhari, with the intention of killing, fired straight at the police party. A bullet struck the chest of Constable Kamal Ahmad, who was standing outside the house."
“Hussain also fired at the police party and a bullet hit the government vehicle, the FIR stated. The constable died on the spot, it added.
“The FIR was registered under Sections 302 (murder), 34 (common intention), 324 (attempt to murder), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 427 (causing damage) of the Pakistan Penal Code, and Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act.
“Both Hussain and his son Bukhari were arrested later, police said…” - Dawn
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