ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police were trying to determine Saturday whether they had a suicide or a murder mystery on their hands after the director of the Safe City Project was found dead, apparently garotted, in his house in Margalla Town neighbourhood of the capital.
Abdul Qadeer, a BPS-19 officer in the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) who was working as director of systems at the project, was discovered hanging from a ceiling fan in the bedroom, the police said in a series of tweets.
تھانہ کھنہ کے علاقہ میں ڈائریکٹر سسٹم سیف سٹی کی پھندا لگی لاش برآمد، آئی جی اسلام آباد کا نوٹس۔
آئی جی اسلام آباد نے ڈی آئی جی آپریشنز کو کیس کی ہر پہلو سے شفاف تحقیقات کرنے کے احکامات جاری کر دئیے۔ اسلام آباد پولیس لواحقین سے اظہار ہمدردی کرتی ہے۔1/2
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) September 24, 2022
The police failed to immediately determine the cause of death but said the incident appeared to be a suicide. A policeman said they will be in a position to give a statement once the autopsy was conducted.
Taking notice of the incident, Akbar Nasir Khan, chief of Islamabad police, directed his deputy inspector general (DIG) for operations to “probe the death from every angle”.
The Safe City Project was made operational in June 2016 with 1,950 close circuit television (CCTV) cameras, but since then not a single incident or crime has been prevented through the system. Besides, no criminal, suspect or proclaimed offender was arrested through the surveillance of the cameras.
The project also failed to assist the police in chasing and arresting culprits who escaped after criminal activities.
