IGP Punjab Forms JIT To Probe Sahiwal Incident

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IGP Punjab forms JIT to probe Sahiwal incident

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Amjad Javed Salimi has formed a four-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT), headed by DIG Zulfiqar Hameed, to investigate the killing of four persons in Sahiwal in an alleged encounter by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Jan, 2019 ) :Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Amjad Javed Salimi has formed a four-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT), headed by DIG Zulfiqar Hameed, to investigate the killing of four persons in Sahiwal in an alleged encounter by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).

According to the Police sources on Saturday, officers of secret services would also be members of the JIT.

On the other hand , after the killing of four people, residents of Ismail Nagar in Lahore, neighbours and people of the area blocked Ferozpur Road and a protest was continuing against the police till filing of the report..

The CTD claimed that it had opened fire in response to the firing from a car on the CTD team near Sahiwal. As a result four personswere killed.