A senior police official was martyred and three others sustained injuries in an intelligence-based operation against terrorists in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Ijaz Khan embraced martyrdom while a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) was injured in the operation.
According to the counter-terrorism department (CTD), two wanted terrorists were also killed in the exchange of fire in Mardan’s Katlang tehsil. One of them included Hasan Kadir, who was a most wanted militant.
The injured police officials were shifted to a hospital soon after the incident.
Following the incident, the funeral prayers of SP Ijaz were performed and were attended by District Police Officer (DPO) Najeeb and other police officials.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Inspector General Police (IGP) Akhtar Hayat Khan, while speaking to Geo News, said that SP Ijaz was martyred after terrorists attacked them with a hand grenade.
He said that the militants, Hasan Qadir and his accomplices, were active in the area for 15 years and had a bounty of over 10 million.
“There were more than 30 cases against Hasan Qadir including extortion and murder,” he said, adding that he used to give shelter to the terrorists of Swat.
