Three policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), have been arrested for shooting dead a student who did not pull over at a Quetta checkpoint.
According to a FIR [First Information Report], the incident took place during the night between Monday and Tuesday on Samungli Road where Safeer Ahmed Bajwa was traveling in a vehicle with his brother. The duo encountered a police checkpoint and were signaled to stop the car.
When the vehicle continued moving, the policemen chased the car and opened fire, the FIR stated, adding that Safeer received a bullet to his head and died on spot.
A senior police official confirmed the arrests and the registration of a formal case against the personnel involved. “A case has been registered against the three policemen, one of them is an ASI, and they have been taken into custody,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, the deputy inspector general (DIG) of Quetta police has formed an investigation committee to probe the circumstances of the shooting.
The committee will operate under the supervision of a senior superintendent of police (SSP), and review all aspects of the case to determine the facts of the killing.
