High-level team formed to probe Karachi inspector’s killing

KARACHI: Police have constituted a high-level investigation team to probe the suspected targeted killing of Inspector Javed Abro, who was shot dead by unidentified armed men in Karachi’s Steel Town area.

The 55-year-old police officer was killed on Sunday evening while his wife sustained injuries in the attack. According to officials, the couple were having tea on the front lawn of their residence when two armed men riding a motorcycle arrived and opened fire before fleeing.

Karachi Additional Inspector General (AIG) Azad Khan confirmed that a special investigation team had been established under the supervision of the Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP).

The team includes the investigation SSPs of Malir and Korangi, along with the Malir divisional Superintendent of Police (SP). The officers have been tasked with examining the circumstances surrounding the killing and identifying those responsible.

Speaking about possible motives, the Karachi police chief said investigators were examining the case from all possible angles and had not ruled out any line of investigation.

The killing has raised concerns among the victim’s family, particularly as Abro had previously served as a station house officer (SHO) and had been involved in police operations against criminal elements.

His son, Hammad, said police personnel had been assigned to provide security to his father. However, Abro had sent them on leave approximately a week before the incident.

He added that his father usually moved around without security and urged law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest those involved in the attack.

Abro’s brother, Yaseen Abro, said the family had no personal enmity with anyone that could explain the killing.

He maintained that his brother had spent his professional life confronting criminal elements as a police officer.

Yaseen also recalled that another brother, police officer Mohammed Khan Abro, had been killed in August last year while serving in the police force.

The family has called for a thorough investigation and the arrest of the suspects, while police continue efforts to establish the motive behind the killing and track down the attackers.