As per details shared by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police, the victim, Irshad Khan, was on his way to Peshawar for duty when he was targeted near Ranpur. Khan’s driver was with him.
The victim was in a government car when unidentified persons targeted him and shot him dead.
On receiving the information, the area police reached the spot and took the body of the deceased into custody. A preliminary inquiry was initiated and apart from other evidence, two bullet casings were collected from the spot.
Police said a case would be registered after completion of medico-legal formalities and coordination with the family of the deceased.
The incident comes amid a series of targeted attacks in Peshawar district in recent days, The Express Tribune reported.
A similar incident took place last week where at least two policemen were killed and two others were injured when terrorists opened fire at a check post in Peshawar.
According to officials, the policemen had set up a check post in the Reggie Model Town area of the provincial capital when unidentified armed men opened fire on the policemen, seriously injuring four of them.
Police said a group of militants opened fire on a police post at the entrance of Regi Model Town around midnight, reports ARY News.
A Peshawar police spokesman said, “Two constables Wajid and Farman were killed in the terrorist attack, while two others were injured.” attack,
The injured policemen were identified as Constable Sayar and Constable Firoz.
Further, he said that according to ARY News, assistant sub-inspector Noor ul Haq and constables Firoz, Wajid, Siyar and Farman were on duty when the checkpost was attacked.
The injured were taken to the hospital where two of them died.
Following the attack, a large contingent of police reached the spot and a search operation was launched in the surrounding area, reports ARY News.