KP police chief says probing murder of ATC judge on scientific basis
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
KP police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi (L) and the late anti-terrorism court judge, Aftab Khan Afridi (R). Geo.tv/Files
KP police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi tells Geo News that eight suspects had been booked for murder in the FIR
Abbasi says DIG Mardan Yaseen Farooq-led team in collaboration with the CTD arrested some suspects.
Top cop notes that four of the eight individuals named in the FIR were said to be present on the site of the murder.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province s top cop has said authorities were investigating the horrific murder of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge and his family on a scientific basis .
ATC judge murder: KP police chief claims four suspects were present at murder scene
Pakistan
Tue, Apr 06, 2021
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief claimed on Monday that four of the eight suspects named in the murder of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge and his family over the weekend were present at the crime scene.
KP Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr Sanaullah Abbasi told
Geo News that some of the suspects were arrested by a team led by the deputy inspector-general of police (DIG) for Mardan, Yaseen Farooq. They were aided by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), he added.
On Sunday, unidentified assailants had opened indiscriminate fire at four people ATC judge Aftab Khan Afridi, as well as his wife, daughter-in-law, and maternal grandson at the Ambar Interchange in the Swabi district as they travelled from Swat to Islamabad.