Gun attack on Highway Police over challan dispute leaves one dead, two injured in Mansehra

• Police cordon off surrounding areas after firing.
• Search operation launched for arrest of suspects.
• Martyred officer identified as Aamir Khan Swati. 

MANSEHRA: In a shocking development, the Highway Police came under attack as a cop was shot dead and two others sustained injured when passengers of a car opened fire at the personnel at Bedra Interchange in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday.

The police said that the incident took place during a dispute over issuance of a challan by the Highway Police to a car driver travelling from Peshawar to Mansehra.

As per Mansehra District Police Officer (DPO) Shafiullah Gandapur, the surrounding areas were cordoned off after the firing and launched a search operation for the arrest of suspects.

The martyred official was identified as Aamir Khan Swati. 

It may be noted that similar incidents of violence against the Motorway Police have surfaced in the recent past.

On April 24, a woman rammed her car into a Motorway Police personnel and vented anger at the traffic wardens for being stopped for speeding.

The entire incident was filmed and posted on social media, showing her arguing in an abusive manner with the Motorway Police officer for being pulled over for speeding.

Later, another such incident took place near Kallar Kahar where two ladies “misbehaved” with Motorway Police personnel, threatening and hurling abuses at them during the quarrel.

The video of the incident went viral on social media, in which they were heard alleging that the Motorway personnel hurt one of the women while trying to “snatch” her mobile phone while she was making the cops’ video.