An accountability judge was murdered by the firing of docoits for putting up resistance during dacoity bid at his house situated in the limits of Rawat police station in Rawalpindi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
As per details, some armed dacoits broke into the house of accountability Judge Sardar Amjad Ilyas. His house was situated in a private housing society. The burglars opened fire at the judge when he put up resistance during the break-in. As a result, Judge Ilyas died on the spot.
Police immediately reached the crime scene.
They said that during the robbery, a dacoit received a bullet and got injured and later he was arrested by the law personnel.
Judge Ilyas was serving in the accountability court of Mirpur.
According to Police, Judge Amjad was on long leave. The robbers tried to take his son hostage but the judge retaliated and opened fire at dacoits. Upon which, the dacoits shot dead the judge and fled from the scene.
Police said robbers did not able to loot anything from the house.
Rawalpindi CPO Syed Khalid Hamdani has taken notice of the judge’s murder and sought a report from the concerned police officials.
Police and Rescue personnel shifted the body to a hospital for post-mortem.
Police said they were investigating the incident from every angle.
CM Punjab seeks report, orders immediate arrest of killers
Meanwhile, interim Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi took notice of the murder of the AJK accountability judge during an alleged dacoity bid in Rawalpindi.
CM Naqvi summoned report of the incident from inspector general police. He ordered law personnel to immediately arrest the killers and called for providing justice to the heirs of the slain judge.
He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the deceased’s family.
Reporters Irshad Qureshi and Ali Ramay