ISLAMABAD: Five police personnel belonging to the anti-terror squad were arrested in the federal capital on Saturday after they killed a 22-year-old university student in what was described as a shoot-out by the authorities.
The incident that took place on Friday night generated social media outrage, making people demand justice for Usama Nadeem Satti who received multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot after his vehicle was targeted on Kashmir Highway.
According to the police authorities, Satti was shot after a robbery was reported in the city and there was information about a fleeing car.
This viral photograph shows 22-year-old university student Usama Nadeem Satti who was killed in what was described as a shoot-out by the authorities on Jan. 2, 2021. (Photo courtesy: social media)
The young university student was spotted in the same neighborhood on his vehicle with tinted windows, and the anti-terror squad decided to chase him since he refused to pull over when he was asked to stop the car.
Satti's father described the incident as an "act of terrorism" by police personnel, saying that the incident happened since his son had exchanged hot words with the police a few days ago.
Reacting to the development, the inspector general of police in Islamabad formed an inquiry committee while the chief commissioner of the federal capital ordered a judicial probe.
The matter was also taken up by the country's political elite on social media platforms.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, Maryam Sharif, criticized the government for being "insensitive" as she claimed that the "sanctity of human life" had decreased under the current administration.
The prime minister's adviser on political communication, Shehbaz Gill, promised a "transparant inquiry" into the incident, however, as #JusticeForUsamaNadeemSatti became a top trend on Twitter.
