SWABI: The Swabi police on Friday arrested another suspect in the murder case of Anti-Terrorism Court judgeAftab Afridi and his three family members, said district police officer Mohammad Shoaib Khan.
Addressing a press conference here, the DPO identified the suspect as Bilal Afridi and said his name was not mentioned in the FIR, but he had been arrested on the basis of circumstantial evidence collected by the district police through technical experts. He said Bilal was arrested from Peshawar in a raid by Swabi police.
Answering a question, he said the suspect along with Aziz and Daud, the two people arrested earlier, was present in the car which had already been seized by the police.
Judge Aftab Afridi was going to Islamabad from Peshawar when his car came under fire at the Swabi Interchange on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway. DawnNewsTV/File
SWABI: The Swabi police on Friday arrested another suspect in the murder case of Anti-Terrorism Court judgeAftab Afridi and his three family members, said district police officer Mohammad Shoaib Khan.
Addressing a press conference here, the DPO identified the suspect as Bilal Afridi and said his name was not mentioned in the FIR, but he had been arrested on the basis of circumstantial evidence collected by the district police through technical experts. He said Bilal was arrested from Peshawar in a raid by Swabi police.
Cops also seize vehicle used in attack on Aftab Afridi and his family members
ATC judge Aftab Afridi. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
SWABI:
Making significant progress in the murder case of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Aftab Afridi and his family members, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) police arrested two more accused and also recovered the vehicle used in the heinous crime, officials said on Wednesday.
The Swat ATC judge, his wife Bibi Zainab, daughter-in-law Kiran and three-year-old grandson Muhammad Sanan were gunned down Sunday evening on the Peshawar Motorway near Ambar Interchange, Swabi. His driver and guard sustained serious injuries.
Talking to
The Express Tribune, an official of the Swabi police said Justice Afridi was on his way to Islamabad when his vehicle came under attack. “The judge, his wife and two children were killed on the spot while his driver and guard suffered serious injuries.”
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PESHAWAR: The police have arrested the five accused named in the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the son of the slain Anti-Terrorism Court judge Aftab Afridi.
Aftab Afridi was attacked by unidentified gunmen while being driven from Peshawar to Islamabad on Sunday at the Ambar Interchange on the Peshawar- Islamabad Motorway in Swabi district.
The FIR registered by his son Majid Afridi noted that Aftab Afridi had attended a wedding in Peshawar and was proceeding to the federal capital. Aftab Afridi s wife Bibi Zainab, daughter-in-law Kiran and her three-year old son Mohammad Sanan were also martyred in the attack. Kiran was said to be six months’ pregnant.
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April 6, 2021
PESHAWAR: The police have arrested the five accused named in the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the son of the slain Anti-Terrorism Court judge Aftab Afridi.
Aftab Afridi was attacked by unidentified gunmen while being driven from Peshawar to Islamabad on Sunday at the Ambar Interchange on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway in Swabi district. The FIR registered by his son Majid Afridi noted that Aftab Afridi had attended a wedding in Peshawar and was proceeding to the federal capital.
Aftab Afridi’s wife Bibi Zainab, daughter-in-law Kiran and her three-year old son Mohammad Sanan were also martyred in the attack. Kiran was said to be six months’ pregnant.