MURREE, July 30: An official of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been arrested along with his Land Cruiser for threatening traffic warden. He was presented before civil court on Tuesday which sent him to jail on judicial remand.

According to Murree city traffic police spokesman Hafiz Malik, when the Land Cruiser was stopped by traffic warden Shafiqur Rehman to remove black paper from the window glasses near Jika Gali the driver took out his pistol and threatened to kill him.

People present there rushed to the warden’s rescue and caught hold of the driver who later on identified as deputy director FIA legal Saifullah.

Traffic police registered a case against him and handed him over to Murree police who kept him in lockup for a night. — Correspondent

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