Man who killed constable flees to Sweden:Police.

KARACHI -- Suspect Khurram Nisar, who shot dead policeman Abdul Rehman in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase V area late Monday night, has fled to Sweden. As per police sources, Khurram took an international airline's flight via Istanbul which will land in Sweden. The suspect used his Swedish passport to run away from Pakistan, police sources shared.

Khurram, son of a former deputy commissioner, shot a policeman dead following an altercation DHA) Phase V. The martyred cop, Abdul Rehman, and his colleague chased the suspected shooter, identified as Khurram Nisar and spoke to him after they allegedly noticed suspicious activity, according to media.

Footage of the shooting was recorded via CCTV camera in which Rehman and Nisar step out from the passenger seat and driver's seat, respectively, of a black vehicle with tinted windows. In the same video, the cop can be seen holding a pistol and gesturing Nisar to sit in the car and go to the police station.

According to the police, Nisar, came to Karachi from Sweden on November 5. He lives there with his wife and two children.

DIG South Irfan Baloch told media that the cop accompanying Rehman recorded his statement, according to which they saw Nisar forcing a woman to sit in the car near Boat Basin.

Baloch said that when the cops approached Nisar, the woman fled, while they tried to control him, but couldn't get hold of his gun as he resisted.

This was when Rehman sat in the car with Nisar, while the other cop chased it. The DIG said that the cops tried to take Nisar to Darakhshan Police Station, but he increased the speed of his car. At this, Rehman tried to stop Nisar and both of them got out of the car. The two engaged in an argument and pulled their guns on each other, he added.

According to Baloch, Nisar's home in Karachi is near the crime scene in DHA Phase 5, where he left the car used in the incident at home and fled in another car. The police raided Nisar's house and seized weapons, documents and the vehicle used during the shooting. The house watchman was also detained. The police say that a copy of Nisar's passport has also been seized and a search is underway to find the vehicle he escaped in. The houses of his friends are also being searched, while pictures of Nisar and details of his travel documents have been provided across airports. Meanwhile, the statement of the cop accompanying Rehman is also being investigated.

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