GB police arrest three accused of Naltar firing incident

GB police arrest three accused of Naltar firing incident, according to DIG Gilgit Waqas Ahmed.

He disclosed details, while addressing a press conference to update the media in this regard.

GB police arrest three accused of Naltar firing

He said the Gilgit Baltistan Police arrested three individuals who also confessed the crime.

They confessed to have shot dead six innocent people on Thursday in Naltar Valley.

He further said they killed them due to personal enmity and 12-14 years old land dispute between two groups of Naltar Bala and Naltar Paeen.

The gunmen firing left at least six people dead and seven others injured.

The victims were travelling in a passenger vehicle in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Naltar valley.

According to police, a van carrying 18 local passengers. Among them also included women.

DIG Waqas further said under the same enmity, another killing incident had taken place last year. But the latest one emerged far more gruesome which killed a woman and left a minor injured.

He said the police minutely collected the evidences from the crime scene. That led to the arrest of the accused.

He said tracing their footprints, the police reached to their motorcycles and then the accused.

The victim families had nominated 16 people in the FIR.

Moreover, the DIG police said police were making efforts to arrest rest of the accused.

He said a joint investigation team had been formed under his supervision to probe the incident.

The DIG police vowed to deal the culprits with iron hands who were threatening by uploading pictures with weapons on social media for creating chaos.

He said a high alert has also been declared across Gilgit Baltistan due to security situation.

GTV