Posted on 07/10/2004 4:28:28 PM PDT by Dog
Cop who caught Khalid Sheikh shot dead
ISLAMABAD: A Punjab Police Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector, Raja Saqlain, and his nephew were shot dead by unidentified terrorists near Aamir Market in Rawalpindi on Saturday, police said.
Inspector Saqlain, SHO of Westridge Police Station in Rawalpindi, and Altaf were coming out of their house in Afshaan Colony, Rawalpindi, when two terrorists riding a motorcycle opened fire on them. They died in District Headquarters Hospital, Rawalpindi.
The shooters fled. Mr Saqlain, who had arrested important members of terrorist organisations, has nabbed including Al Qaeda operational chief Khalid Sheikh Muhammad in 2003. According to eyewitnesses, four unidentified men roamed about in the area for about three hours before the shooting. Two were on motorcycles and the others were on foot, said the eyewitnesses.
City police placed barricades in several places in an attempt to catch the killers but to no avail.
Police sources said Mr Saqlain was on the hit lists of various terrorist organisations and had received several threatening calls. More than 10 police officials were usually deployed with him for security.
He had busted several terrorist outfits and investigated several cases involving terrorist and sectarian violence. Police officers said the SHO had clamped down on culprits involved in the murder of five Iranian cadets in Rawalpindi in 1997. The accused in that case were active members of the defunct religious organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba.
They said Mr Saqlain had also apprehended several terrorists involved in the diplomatic enclave church bombings in which six people, including three US diplomats, died. He also clamped down on those involved in the bombing of a hospital in Taxila and a missionary school in Murree. All the accused have been convicted and sentenced to death. Mr Saqlain brought acclaim to the Rawalpindi Police because of his performance, said Syed Murvat Ali Shah, district police officer of Rawalpindi, while talking to Daily Times. Police have registered the case against the unidentified terrorists and are investigating. The SHO’s funeral was held at Police Lines before his body was sent to his ancestral village for burial.
A number of important people including District Nazim Tariq Kiyani and senior police officials attended the funeral.
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Oh my...
My condolences.
The only real surprise is that Inspector Saqlain survived being shot as long as he did. A sad end for a heroic man and his nephew/assistant and a staunch lesson to other officers like him.
And the war goes on...
Brave man. Prayers for him.
Zero this time???? Strange considering eyewitnesses saw these killers "roaming" around for hours. Inside job?
Bad dudes on motorcycles. Right out of the terrorist handbook that Ashcroft held up when he briefed Congress.
This is a very strange war. Kind of resembles the US during Prohibition.
Another front line soldier for the War on Terror dies in the line of duty.
The way to stop this is to go now and kill everyone in Mr. Muhammad's family. Everyone, men woman and children.
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Agh, this just sucks. That was my gut response when reading the article and it's still what I feel right now.
Hmmmmmmmm.......
"...a staunch lesson to other officers like him."
You have to get them before they get you.
Kalid shek mohammad should be tried and put to death and this event cited as the reason for the speedy trial.
Agreed, erase the family tree.
Motorcycles are great "getaway" vehicles. Go where cars can't and faster than running.
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