Capital police chief appreciates legal team's performance in Maj Laraib murder case.

ISLAMABAD -- Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan has appreciated police legal team for their effective performance in Major Laraib murder case and ensuring punishment as per law to those involved in this crime, informed a police spokesman on Saturday.

According to him, some unidentified persons killed Major Laraib through firing in November 2019 when he was sitting in a park at sector G-10 and also took away his valuables. Following this incident, Karachi Company police registered a case (465/2019) under sections 302/397/411 and 34 PPC and started investigation into the matter.

IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan took notice of this incident and constituted two police teams under supervision of DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed including SP (Saddar), SP (Investigation) and other police officials to trace the culprits. These teams used modern investigation techniques and succeeded to arrest two accused Bait Ullah and Gul Siddique within one month.

IGP Islamabad directed DSP (Legal) Azhar Hussain Shah to constitute legal police team comprising professional officers to pursue this case and ensure punishment as per law to those involved in this crime. DSP (Legal) constituted a team under his own...