Funeral prayer of martyr police officials offered, Chief Minister KP condemned firing incident in Machani Police area
Peshawar
2Unknown persons fired on police mobile on Tuesday in Machini Gate area when they were on routine patrolling. Two policemen were martyred in firing while one ASI was injured in a firing incident last night. As soon as the incident was reported, police and rescue teams started rescue operations at the spot.
The policemen were on routine patrolling when the terrorists attacked the mobile phone, SSP Operations. Kashif Abbas said. He said constables Ajmal and Siraj were among the martyred policemen, while mobile officer Mazhar was injured.
The funeral prayer of constables Ajmal Khan and Siraj Khan, who embraced martyred in a terrorist attack on a police van in the jurisdiction of Machni Gate Police Station, was offered at the Malik Saad Shaheed Police Line.
SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi, SSP Investigation Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada, SP Warsak Division, SP City, and SP Headquarters, along with relatives of the martyrs and police officers attended the funeral prayer.
On this occasion, the police officers laid wreaths on the coffins of the martyrs while a police squad presented a salute to the martyrs.
SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi, and SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi expressed condolences to the bereaved families.
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Ghandapur Tuesday condemned the incident of firing on the Police in Machni Police Station limits and expressed regret over the martyrdom of two policemen in the firing.
In a press statement issued here, the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Ghandpur expressed his condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the families of the martyrs. He prayed to Almighty Allah for the elevation of the ranks of the martyrs and for the bereaved. The Chief Minister asked the Inspector General of Police to report the incident.
The chief minister instructed the concerned quarters to give compensation to the families of the martyrs under the martyrs package. The government, he said, would not leave the families of the martyrs alone, Ali Amin Gandapur said. All possible support will be given to them, the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said, adding, Police have made unprecedented sacrifices to protect people’s lives and property. The sacrifices of police martyrs will not go in vain, the Chief Minister added.
