Retired SSG commando killed in 'encounter'.

Byline: Nabeel Anwar Dhakku

CHAKWAL -- A retired commando of the Pakistan Army's Special Services Group (SSG) was shot dead and three police constables sustained bullet injuries in an alleged 'encounter' in a village near Chakwal on Monday night.

The former armyman's relatives termed the encounter fake and accAused police of murdering him. They were reluctant to bury the body, but agreed to do so after the District PolAice Officer (DPO) ordered an inquiry.

According to police, a team consisting of two assistant sub-inspectors and five constables raided the home of 'proclaimed offender' Sajid Mehmood at Dalailpur village, in Choa Saidan Shah Tehsil of Chakwal district, late on Monday night.

According to the DPO, as soon as the policemen reached the house, Sajid's elder brother Arshad Mehmood opened fire at them, injuring three constables. 'Arshad died on the spot after police retaliated,' the DPO said.

Raja Abid, a cousin of the deceased, told Dawn that Arshad had received 14 bullet injuries.

The injured constables were identified as Faisal Javed, Faizan and BilaAwal. They were first rushed to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital at Choa Saidan Shah, but were referred to the Chakwal District Headquarters Hospital. On Tuesday morning, the three were admitted to Benazir BhuAtto Hospital, Rawalpindi. The hospital described their condition as stable.

Police sources traced the incident to an episode of March 13 last year when a video of a man being tortured went viral. He had his eyebrows, moustache and head shaven.

'That man was a drug...