New Delhi, May 05: Prominent Deoband scholar and importanta leader of Jama’at-e-Ulema Islamia (F) Sheikh Muhammad Idrees was shot in Charsadda area of Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw while traveling to a seminary. He was a close associate of Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman.
Two police security guards Pervez and Sher Alam, were injured and shifted to a medical hospital for treatment. The police described it as a targeted killing and stated that assailants opened fire on him in Tariqabad area when he was visiting Darul Uloom Noumania.
Authorities said the attackers were linked to the banned TTP, aiming to destabilize peace and spread fear.
Police in Charsadda have obtained CCTV footage in connection with the killing of prominent religious scholar Maulana Sheikh Idrees.
District Police Officer Waqas Khan, while expressing deep sorrow over the incident, termed it a brutal and intolerable act.
He said that immediately after the incident a heavy police contingent reached the site, cordoned off the area and collected evidence, adding that CCTV footage from nearby locations has been obtained and is being thoroughly examined to help identify and arrest the suspects.
A special investigation team has been constituted under the supervision of SP Investigation Alamzeb Khan for a comprehensive and transparent probe.
