DERA ISMAIL KHAN:A policeman was martyred as unknown terrorists opened fire on him here in the limits of Hathala police station on Monday. According to a police spokesman, a police constable named Nazar Khan, a resident of Takwara village, was going to Kulachi Tehsil from home to attend security duty at a bank branch when some unknown terrorists targeted him on the way, leaving him dead. The assailants fled from the scene. The police reached the site and shifted the body to Mufti Mahmood Hospital.
Later, the funeral prayer of the martyred constable was offered here at Ejaz Shaheed Police Lines. The funeral was attended by Regional Police Officer (RPO) Dera Nasir Mehmood Satti, District Police Officer (DPO) Dera Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisrani, Deputy Commissioner Dera Mansoor Arshad, SP FRP Saleem Riaz, SP Investigation Dera Iqbal Khan, and other senior police officers, civil officers, social dignitaries, and a number of people from civil society.
On this occasion, special police contingents saluted the coffin of a martyred cop wrapped in the national flag. The wreaths were laid on the coffin, and prayers were offered for the elevation of the martyr’s ranks.
The RPO condoled with the heirs of the martyred constable and said that the Dera Police was with them in this hour of sorrow. The RPO said the blood of the martyr would not go in vain. He vowed that the elements involved in the incident would be brought to justice as soon as possible.