RAWALPINDI – A 52-year-old security guard was murdered in a government owned housing society while a group of unknwon men, most of them wearing police uniform, have allegedly kidnapped a young man from High Court Road, informed sources on Friday.
Police have registered a murder case against unknown killers and the heirs of the missing young man approached City Police Officer for his recovery/ information about his whereabouts, they said. According to sources, Saddar Bairooni police, on an information provided by locals, recovered a dead body of a security guard, identified as Rashid Iqbal, form a seasonal Nullah adjacent to Punjab Housing Society on Adiala Road and shifted it to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital for autopsy.
The man was killed by unknown killers by cutting his jugular vein with a blunt weapon and threw body in a seasonal Nullah, they said. Station House Officer (SHO) Police Station (PS) Saddar Bairooni Sub Inspector (SI) Nadim Zafar, however, when contacted for his comments, confirmed the occurrence of murder. He said that Rashid Iqbal was living in Bakra Mandi was originally belonged to Choha Khalsa Kahuta. He said that he was working a labourer and security guard for earning livelihood. He said that Rashid was killed by unknown persons over old enmity. Police had obtained information that Rashid was killed on a place where he worked as security guard. He said police registered case against unknown killers and began investigation. In yet another incident, a group of unknown people (most of them were wearing Punjab police uniform) have allegedly kidnapped a young man namely Zain Ijaz Mashih from High Court Road, informed sources.
Junaid Ijaz, the brother of missing young man, has approached CPO Rawalpindi Syed Khalid Mehmood Hamdani for recovery of his brother from the captivity of the kidnappers.
According to sources, the young man Zain Ijaz Masih was travelling in his car when a group of unknown persons riding in another white coloured car intercepted him at High Court Road at 6:30pm on January 18. Four persons (wearing police uniform) stepped out from white coloured car and pulled out Zain from his vehicle. The kidnappers bundled the young man into other car and moved him to an unknown location. The car of the victim was also taken away by the kidnappers, they said.
