Policeman kills girl

Published May 16, 2008

SUKKUR, May 15: Sukkur police registered a case against Inspector Aftab Pathan on Thursday, on the alleged charges of killing a girl in New Goth.

Reports said that on Wednesday afternoon, accused police Inspector Aftab Pathan entered the house of his former wife, a lady police constable whose daughter from her first husband was alone. She asked Inspector Aftab to leave upon which he got furious, shot her dead and fled from the scene.

Mohammad Younis maternal uncle of the deceased girl got a case registered against Inspector Aftab Pathan with “A” section police.

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