PESHAWAR – A senior police official was martyred and three others suffered injuries during an exchange of fire with terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Mardan city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The operation was conducted in the early hours of Tuesday on reported presence of the militant in Katlang tehsil of the city.
During the exchange of fire, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ijaz Khan embraced martyrdom while the three injured officials included a deputy superintendent of police (DSP).
Police have also killed two terrorists including Mohsin Kadir, who was a most wanted militant.
The injured police officials were shifted to a hospital soon after the incident.
Following the incident, the funeral prayers of SP Ijaz were performed. A large number of police officials including DPO Najeeb attended the funeral prayers.
