Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ali Nasir Rizvi on Sunday said that the suspect who allegedly shot dead a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officer was arrested “within nine hours”.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the IG said the suspect was “arrested within nine hours” of the incident.
IG Rizvi noted that PAF group captain tried to save a woman after witnessing an argument between her and the suspect, but the man opened fire, which hit the officer.
He said the woman and the suspect used to work at a cash and carry outlet in G-6. The victim was a representative of a cosmetics company, while the man represented a brand of frozen food items.
Narrating the turn of events, the IG said, “After picking her up today, Saad Abbasi wanted to take Nimrah to a park or some other location. The woman resisted, at which he had to stop the motorcycle […] at 9th Avenue.”
He added that an argument began between the two as the woman insisted on heading to her workplace for an inspection of her stall.
“The group captain was going for an official assignment towards Rawalpindi. When he was passing by there, he saw that a man was forcefully pulling a woman towards his bike,” he said.
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