Tag: ATS

  • Usama Satti killing: Probe finds counter-terror cops guilty

    A judicial inquiry into the killing of Rawalpindi youth Usama Satti by the five officials of the Anti-Terrorism Squad has found the policemen guilty and asked the authorities to use the Anti-Terrorism Act against the cops.

    Constable Muhammad Mustafa, Superintendent Hafiz Ikhtikar Ahmed, Constable Mudassar Mukhtiar, Constable Shakeel Ahmed, and Constable Saeed Ahmed gunned down Satti in an alleged car chase. They fired 17 bullets at the car, most of which hit the upper body of the slain student.

    The inquiry report also pointed out the “carelessness” of the police high-ups and ordered an investigation against the SP and DSP of the capital police.

    The report prepared by Additional Deputy Commissioner Rana Muhammad Waqas said that officers should be appointed on the basis of their mental health in addition to the physical prowess.

    “The system of police monitoring is weak,” it revealed, adding that the inspector general should improve the technology being used by the police. It further said that the ATS officials shouldn’t be allowed to work with the police without prior permission.

    Last week, at least five officials of Islamabad Police were arrested after they gunned down 21-year-old Usama Satti in cold blood in G-10 sector in the federal capital.

    The policemen who belonged to the Anti-Terrorism Squad fired bullets from the front and hit the youth mostly on the face and upper body. No weapons etc were discovered from the boy’s car.

    A source in the capital police had said that the ATS officials and the youth had an argument on New Year’s Eve when the police officials stopped his vehicle for checking. The source had claimed that the police officials stopped the guy even though they were off-duty at the time.

    This altercation between the cops and the youth may have resulted in this killing, the source claimed.

  • Five Islamabad policemen arrested for killing youth in cold blood

    Five officials of Islamabad Police have been arrested after they gunned down a 21-year-old youth, Usama Satti, in cold blood near Srinagar Highway, G-10 sector in the federal capital.

    Unconfirmed reports say that the policemen who belonged to the Anti-Terrorist Squad fired 22 shots at the vehicle on Friday night, killing Satti on the spot. According to reports, shots were fired from the front and hit him mostly on the face and upper body. No weapons etc discovered from the boy’s car, they added.

    A source in the capital police said that the ATS officials and the youth had an argument on New Year’s Eve when the police officials stopped his vehicle for checking. The source claims that the police officials stopped the guy even though they were off-duty at the time. This altercation between the cops and the youth may have resulted in this killing, the source claimed.

    A departmental inquiry has already been initiated against the arrested police officials, with Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed vowing to deliver justice in the case.

    The IGP has also taken notice of the incident and formed an investigation team to probe the “suspicious shootout”.

    In 2017, a policeman had shot dead a youth in I-10 sector after he had failed to stop at a checkpoint. The policeman who had opened fire had claimed that the deceased failed to stop at the checkpoint despite his signal.