Civil judge survives murder attempt in Rawalpindi

LAHORE: Police arrested three accused allegedly involved in an attempt to kill a civil judge of Islamabad in Rawalpindi, ARY NEWS reported on Saturday.

As per details, unidentified armed men opened fire at the vehicle of Civil Judge Suleman Badar near Rawalpindi’s Chakri Interchange, he was travelling in last night.

The judge was travelling along with his family to Islamabad from Lahore, when his car was ambushed at Chakri Interchange. No casualties were reported in the firing incident, said local police.

Soon after the attack, the police conducted search operation for the arrest of attackers in Trinol area and took three suspects into custody.

Investigation of the attack on the civil judge was underway.

Back in month of April this year, In a gunfire incident, unidentified people fired at the residence of the Supreme Court judge Justice Ijazul Ahsan in the Model Town area of Lahore.

Soon after the firing incident at the residence of the SC’s judge, the CJP took notice of the incident and ordered inquiry into the matter.

The attack was widely condemned by the the people hailing from various walks of the society.