In yet another unfortunate incident of police opening fire at checkpoints, a youngster was killed while two others sustained injuries after cops opened fire at a vehicle in Kasur district of the province.
According to details, the cops opened fire on a vehicle near Raja Jang area of Kasur claiming that the youngsters refused to stop the four-wheeler at the checkpoint after being asked to stop.
The incident led to the killing of a youngster and bullet wounds to two others. The police later shifted the body and injured to the hospital for medico-legal formalities and treatment respectively.
DPO Kasur Sohaib Ashraf while taking notice of the incident suspended five cops for their apparent role in the entire episode. The suspended cops included a sub-inspector, TSI and three constables.
“We will be taking departmental and legal action against the cops involved in the act,” the DPO said.
Incidents of the alleged involvement of police in opening fire on innocent civilians during snap checking have occurred in the country.
Recently, a firing incident was reported in Islamabad’s G-10 where the security officials shot multiple fires on a ‘suspicious’ vehicle after allegedly trying to stop the driver many times.
Police told media that the officials followed a suspicious ‘vehicle with tinted glasses and tried to stop it many times’.