Chief Commissioner Islamabad constitutes committee to investigate SP Dawar's tragedy
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ISLAMABAD: Chief Commissioner Islamabad Amer Ali Ahmad issued a notification about constitution of a committee to investigate the abduction and martyrdom of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Superintendent of Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar.
SP Tahir Dawar, who went missing from Islamabad on October 26, was found dead in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. Later, he was laid to rest in Peshawar on Thursday after Afghan officials handed over his body to a Pakistani delegation at the Torkham border.
According to a notification from the office of the Chief Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) here today, the Superintendent of Police Investigation in Islamabad will head the committee.
The committee will also include the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) at Islamabad's Shalimar Circle, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) from the Crime Investigation Department, one representative each from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI), the Intelligence Bureau (IB), and the investigating officer of the case.
The JIT has been formed under Section 19 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997. The JIT will complete investigation within the stipulated time period as laid down in the ATA 1997, read the notification.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan has also ordered an immediate inquiry into the shocking tragedy.
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