Team formed to probe suspected targeted killing of Karachi inspector Javed Abro

KARACHI: A high-level police team has been established to investigate the alleged targeted killing of Karachi inspector Javed Abro, who was assassinated by armed assailants on a motorbike in the city's Steel Town the previous day, officials disclosed on Monday. The 55-year-old inspector was fatally shot, while his wife sustained injuries.

They were reportedly having tea on the front lawn of their residence when the attackers arrived. Karachi Additional Inspector General Azad Khan informed Dawn that an investigation squad, led by Malir senior superintendent of police, has been formed, comprising members from Malir and Korangi investigation superintendents of police, as well as the Malir divisional superintendent of police.

The city police chief emphasized that the team is examining the case with an "open mind and all [possible] angles". Abro's son, Hammad, revealed that police personnel were assigned to his father's security, but the inspector had previously sent them on leave a week ago. He expressed his desire for his father's killers to be identified and apprehended.

Abro's brother, Yaseen Abro, stated that they had no personal animosity towards anyone. He attributed the killing to criminal elements and recalled that another brother, police officer Mohammed Khan Abro, had also been killed in August of the previous year. Funeral prayers for Abro were held at Karachi's Garden area police headquarters on Sunday night, with attendance by Azad, Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho, and other senior officers.