A police officer was martyred in a shootout with criminal in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The station house officer (SHO) of Takht Nusrati Police Station was leading a raid party to arrest the criminals who opened indiscriminate firing after seeing the police.
As a result of the ensuring gunbattle, the SHO got martyred.
A heavy contingent of police has cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to hunt down the culprits.
Reporter Qaisar Bukhari