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Punjab CM suspends SHO, cops over suspected assassin’s ‘leaked’ confession

Pervaiz Elahi chairs emergency meeting
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. Photo: File
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. Photo: File

WAZIRABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has ordered the suspension of the station house officer along with the entire staff of the Saddar police station, Wazirabad, where the suspected assassin’s video statement was recorded and then later leaked to the media.

Mobile phones of the station staff have been seized for forensic audit, the chief executive said in a statment, adding that the Punjab police chief Faisal Shahkar has been tasked with identifying and taking disciplinary action against the officials repsonsible for this breach.

The chief minister issued the directives during an emergency meeting to review the firing incident and the overall security situation in light of the assassination attempt.

The Punjab inspector general, Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan, MPA Hafiz Amar Yasir, Shafqat Mahmood Akhtar Malik, Mian Mehmoodur Rashid, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Muhammad Khan Bhatti, the Lahore Division commissioner, the Lahore CCPO and concerned officials attended the meeting.

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