Chinese engineers killing: Four police officers removed for negligence

ISLAMABAD: Disciplinary action has been taken against four police officers after an inquiry report regarding the killing of five Chinese engineers in Bisham, Shangla District was presented to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.  

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police has submitted a second report to the federal government, shedding light on the suicide attack targeting Chinese engineers in Bisham. Among the deceased victims was a female engineer.

According to the report, authorities have collected remnants of the vehicle used by the assailant to strike the Chinese convoy at the incident site, situated approximately six and 77 kilometres away from Bisham police station and Dasu dam, respectively.

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The bus involved in the attack was found to be 15 feet distant from another bus, and it plunged 300 feet deep as a result of the suicide blast impact. All buses within the Chinese convoy were reportedly outfitted with closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), and pieces of the attacker’s vehicle have been recovered.

In light of the report, DPOs of Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan Jameel Akhtar, Sulaiman Ahmed, RPO Hazara Ejaz Khan and Commandant CPEC Zafar Ali were removed from their posts.

Disciplinary action was taken against the Hazara regional police officer (RPO) as well as other officials over their failure to thwart the Shangla terror attack.