PESHAWAR: Unknown assailants gunned down a policeman in the limits of the Gulbahar police station here on Friday, while another policeman managed to escape unhurt.

An official at the Gulbahar police station said two personnel of the rider squad were on a routine patrol near Anam Sanam Chowk in Gulbahar area of the city, when unknown attackers opened fire on them, leaving one of the policemen named Janat Gul seriously wounded.

Gul was later taken to the city’s Lady Reading Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. However, the other policeman remained unhurt. Police registered a case against unknown attackers and started investigations.—Bureau Report