LAHORE: Two policemen were gunned down while performing duty in Iqbal Town area of the provincial capital on Wednesday evening.
Both the slain policemen were deployed from police lines to perform duty at a security check post in Iqbal Town, said a senior police official.
Earlier today, at least seven suspected terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire with police officials in Sharaqpur area of Punjab.
District Officer Counter Terrorism Department Nankana received a tipoff regarding 10 to 12 suspicious men riding on six motorcycles, who were seen travelling towards Sharaqpur for an attack on law enforcement personnel just after midnight on Feb 17.
On receiving this info, the DO contacted CTD teams from the Sheikhupura region for support.
Law-enforcement personnel intercepted the men near a drain bridge in Sharaqpur and asked them to surrender.
According to the CTD sources a shootout ensued and when the firing stopped, seven men were killed by ‘firing of their accomplices, who had fled the scene taking advantage of darkness’.
Evidence collected from the scene showed the men belonged to proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi outfits, according to the CTD source who added that, police also recovered 2kg of explosives, primacord, a Kalashnikov, two rifles of 244 bore, and three motorcycles from the scene.
The CTD launched a probe into the incident.
Polio worker shot and injured
In a separate incident, two unidentified men shot and injured a polio worker in the Sanda area of the provincial capital.
Omar Khan, 22, was shot in the leg after two unidentified men approached him after a disagreement.
Khan was shifted to Mayo hospital after the incident for medical attention.
A polio team in Lahore also registered a First Information Report (FIR) against an individual who refused the polio vaccinations for his children and harassed the polio staff.
The FIR was registered at the Nasirabad police station
The Punjab police’s CTD has stepped up its activities against militant outfits in the province.
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq and two sons were killed during a similar police ‘encounter’ in Muzaffargarh district last July.
