An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the early hours of Thursday near Wazir Bagh area of Peshawar.
Police said armed men opened fire on ASI Asif Mehmood’s vehicle near Yakatoot police station as he was travelling with his son to drop him to school.
Mehmood died on the spot, police said, adding that the assailants sped away on their motorcycle after launching the attack.
Mehmood, whose body was shifted to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, was serving as ASI at the Yakatoot police station.
