MARDAN – Deputy Inspector General of Mardan, Alam Khan Shinwari has announced on Thursday that Imran, slain Mashal Khan’s classmate who opened fatal fire was held by cops and he has confessed to the crime.
Mardan DIG addressed a press conference today and said that late Khan was shot twice and according to eye-witnesses, Imran fired the bullets.
Shinwari offered a clarification over police’s alleged negligence in the issue. He explained that police were told that Mashal Khan was out of campus which was why they went to the administration block after rescuing a professor and one of his mates.
The DIG claimed that even Mashal Khan confirmed his absence in the campus after he was telephoned by the cops.
He asserted that the police had reached the crime site within 13 minutes of the tragic incident.
The police official further told that a total number of 44 persons were held in the case including employees of the university. The police presented the accused, Imran before the media following the press conference.