Funeral of cops held

Islamabad : Funeral prayer of two martyrs of Islamabad police, killed in firing of unknown persons in Industrial Zone was held at Police Lines Headquarters here on Friday.

Head constables Ishtiaq Ranjha and Syed Bashir Shah were on a routine patrolling when unknown assailants opened fire on them in Shams Colony police station area of the Industrial Zone in the federal capital on Thursday night, leaving them dead on the spot.

A case has been registered at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The IGP has constituted a team under the supervision of DIG (Operations) Afzaal Ahmed Kousar. The team led by SSP (Investigation) would probe the incident and help arrest the culprits, according to the officials. Head Constable Ishtiaq Ranjha belonged to Wajidhi, Bhera district Sargodha while Head Constable Syed Bashir Shah hailed from Malikyal, Haripur.

Inspector General Police (IGP) Islamabad, Qazi Jamil ur Rehman, DG (Rangers), SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanweer, families of the martyred officials and senior police officers and officials besides traders and civil society representatives joined the prayer. A smartly turned-out contingent of the police presented a guard of honour to the martyrs. The IGP shouldered the coffins and later the dead bodies were sent to the respective native towns of the martyrs.