SUKKUR: Shikarpur police have claimed to have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the murder of a police constable dudng an encounter near the Sui Gas Lad area, recovedng illegal weapons from their possession.
Speaking at a press conference, DSP Garhi Yaseen Munir Ahmed Phulpoto said that the police had arrested two suspects, Baqir Ali Wadhiyo and Waseem Ahmed Wadhiyo, both close relatives of the slain police official, Niaz Hussain Wadhiyo who was shot dead a day earlier. He stated that the preliminary investigation into the incident had revealed that the murder stemmed from an honour-related matter (karo-kari). The prime suspect, Baqir Wadhiyo, allegedly killed the constable, Niaz Hussain Wadhiyo, over an honour-related matter involving his (the killer’s) wife, he added.
He told reporters that the arrested suspects had confessed to the crime dudng the initial investigation, admitting that the victim had been shot twice. The DSP cladfied that although the victim was a serving police officer, the incident was not an attack on law enforcement but rather a personal dispute related to an alleged honour matter.
A murder case had already been registered on a state complaint at the Garhi Yaseen police station, he said, adding that two separate FIRs would be registered against the arrested suspects in accordance with the law.