A sub-inspector of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, Haroon, who was critically injured during an operation to recover a kidnapped citizen, embraced martyrdom in a private hospital, reported 24HD News Channel on Monday.
A spokesperson for the police said that an intelligence-based operation was conducted for the recovery of a citizen, Abbas Ali, who was earlier abducted from Adiyala Road.
He said a kidnapper was arrested during the operation, while the kidnapped citizen was recovered safely.
Martyred Sub-Inspector Haroon belonged to Chua Saidan Shah.
During a police raid, the sub-inspector received four bullets and was shifted to the hospital in critical condition.
City Police Officer Syed Khalid Hamdani, in a statement, said the martyred sub-inspector sacrificed his life in the line of duty. “We stand with the family of the martyr in the hour of grief,” he added.
Reporter: Irshad Qureshi