CPO orders swift action after man shot dead in Rawalpindi

City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Syed Khalid Mahmood Hamdani has taken notice of the killing of a man in the Dhamial area and ordered the immediate arrest of those responsible

RAWALPINDI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th May, 2026) City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Syed Khalid Mahmood Hamdani has taken notice of the killing of a man in the Dhamial area and ordered the immediate arrest of those responsible.

According to a police spokesperson, unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot and killed a citizen on Gulshan-e-Iqbal Road, apparently over a long-standing enmity.

The Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) and the Superintendent of Police (Saddar) were directed to reach the scene promptly and oversee efforts to apprehend the suspects.

Police said the deceased had been nominated in a murder case registered at Dhamial police station a week earlier.

The body was shifted to the hospital for a post-mortem examination, while evidence was being collected from the scene.

The spokesperson said efforts were underway to trace and arrest the suspects, adding that they would be brought to justice.