LAHORE: A teenager was killed in an alleged crossfire between the DolphinForce and ‘suspects’.
A 14-year-old passerby Atif was killed on Tuesday as Dolphin Forcepersonnel and suspects exchanged fire in Lahore’s Shadbagh area.
A video — that surfaced today — shows the ‘suspects’ who were in a carapologized to the members of the Dolphin Force. The security personnel canbe seen assaulting and abusing the citizens.
The individuals in the car are later asked by the Dolphin Force to lie downon the road, with the latter seen pointing weapons at them.
The First Information Report (FIR) of the incident does not name themembers of Dolphin Force.
SP Dolphin Force Nadeem Khokhar had earlier said that five suspects werearrested after the security force had chased the accused who were in a car.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the incident had shown twoDolphin Force personnel on a motorbike chasing suspects in a car. Further,one of the personnel was also seen firing at the car they were chasing.
“The suspects belong to Sheikhupura, Chiniot and Lahore and had rented acar to facilitate them in committing crimes in Lahore,” Khokhar had said.
“When police tried to stop them, they fired at them leading to an exchangeof fire which resulted in the death of a teenager,” SP Khokhar had said.