ASI, constable embraces martyrdom in Hayatabad

PESHAWAR: Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Riyaz Khan and Constable Jaffer embraced martyrdom in an operation in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area on Wednesday.

According to rescue sources, on a tip off, the security forces raided the area to arrest the criminals during but seeing them, they opened fire and martyred an ASI and a constable. The funeral prayers of the martyred ASI and constable was offered at Police Lines.

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Moazzam Jah Ansari said that seven fugitives had been arrested while weapons had also been recovered from their possession.