The family of a six-year-old girl who was killed after a policeman opened fire at a school van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district on Tuesday, injuring seven other students, has claimed that the cop had links with the Taliban.
Six-year-old Aisha was killed and seven others, including a teacher and female students, sustained injuries after a police officer, identified as Alam Khan, posted outside Sangota Public School in Swat opened fire on a school van.
The injured include Areesha Abid, 6, Eshaal Abbas, 6, Naheed Wazir Khan, 35, Wajiha Ayub, 16, Roma Zahoor, 11, Horain Wajid, 8, and Maryam Shaukat.
According to witnesses, the constable opened indiscriminate fire at a van and tried to reload his weapon when the magazine emptied to do more damage, negating police’s claim that he opened fire by mistake. While reloading his weapon, the police constable was grabbed by people, and was then arrested by the police under Sections 427, 320, 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code, Aaj News reported.
Aisha’s uncle also told the media outlet that the police officer had links with the Taliban.
Constable Alam Khan was suspended from duty once for not showing up for work. The administration of Sangota Public School, where the policeman was posted, had also requested him to be removed from duty a month ago because they felt he was not fit for the work.
