The Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment (MoRDLG) has ex­pressed deep sor­row fol­low­ing the killing of a Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice of­fi­cer in the line of du­ty at the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion on Sun­day.

In a state­ment is­sued, the Min­istry con­firmed that the of­fi­cer was on ac­tive du­ty at the time of the in­ci­dent. How­ev­er, de­tails sur­round­ing the cir­cum­stances re­main un­clear as in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.

Min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment, Khadi­jah Ameen, is await­ing a full re­port from the As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er with re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice be­fore mak­ing any fur­ther pub­lic com­ment.