ISLAMABAD: Police are still clueless about the suspects who shot dead an army officer over resistance during a daylight robbery in Islamabad’s Sector I8 on Thursday.
Zeeshan Qamar, a Pakistan Army major, was in his house along with his wife and child when three armed suspects entered his house at around 4:45pm on Thursday. The officer grabbed and took hold of the one, who had entered first, but the other two suspects shot at Qamar before fleeing the scene.
The officer was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) but succumbed. Police have registered a murder case against unidentified persons. Industrial Area SHO Sajjad Bukhari Friday said police were investigating the case but had not found any clue yet. He said a post-mortem examination of the body was carried out at the PIMS but the medical report was still awaited.
Meanwhile, the victim’s funeral prayer was held in the federal capital on Friday. He will be laid to rest in his hometown of Nawabshah in Sindh.
Another Industrial Area police official said the case would be handed over to the newly established homicide investigation unit for speedy investigation.
