ISLAMABAD:(Parliament Times) A young man was killed when a policeman opened fire at his vehicle in I-10 sector, Islamabad. The policeman fled the scene following the incident.
According to the police, the young man and woman traveling in a car were signaled by the policeman to stop at a checkpoint. When they did not stop, the policeman opened fire on their vehicle. The man identified as Taimur died on the spot and the policeman fled the site.
A postmortem report stated that the bullet fractured his skull.
The woman with him in the vehicle is safe.
Family denies police claim Protest
However, while talking to the media on Friday, Taimur’s uncle said the CCTV footage shows he was not signalled to stop, instead the police personnel opened fire straightaway.
He added Taimur was coming from his friend’s house when he was shot. “We got the news at 4am.”
Tamiur’s family protested his killing, demanding case be filed against the policeman who opened fire. They kept the deceased’s body in protest on the road where he was shot.
