The law enforcement agencies have continued search operation to trace and arrest the killers of journalist Rehmatullah Abid who was gunned down in Panjgur last night and so far, five suspected persons have been taken into custody. Police sources told APP on Monday that on the directives of Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, teams of law enforcement personnel were formed to trace and arrest the killers of the journalist.
Police raided a place in Rakhsaan Nala area in Panjgur and took five suspected persons into custody. Two of the suspects belonged to Kalat, another two to Panjgur and one to Karachi. The police and Levies Force have been put on high alert and deputy commissioner and district police officer of the relevant district have been supervising the search operation.
However, the journalist community expressed its dissatisfaction over the role of the police as it reached four hours late at the site where Journalist Abid was gunned down. In his statement, Saleem Shahid, the President Quetta Press Club has strongly flayed the unabated incidents of targeted killing of journalists in Balochistan.
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