An Islamabad police constable was struck by a vehicle driven by a foreign embassy official on Shahrah-e-Dastoor. Following the incident, the Islamabad police have registered a case against the official.
According to police sources, the official car involved belonged to the UK High Commission and their Third Secretary was driving it. Police later impounded the vehicle.
The officials stated that the traffic collision occurred at Radio Pakistan Chowk on Constitution Avenue, where manual traffic management was underway due to a power outage.
A police constable, part of the Security Division, was riding his motorcycle from Isphani Road towards Radio Pakistan Chowk. However, his side was open to traffic.
The diplomat was driving her official Honda car along Constitution Avenue from D-Chowk when an ITP official manually halted traffic from her side. Despite the signal, the diplomat disregarded it and hit the constable, causing him injuries.
The ITP and local police authorities impounded the car and rushed the injured constable, identified as Amir Dad, to the hospital for treatment. According to a spokesperson for the federal police, the driver was a third secretary at the British High Commission. He added that the police impounded the official car for legal proceedings.
However, the spokesperson stated that the driver was permitted to leave after identifying herself as a diplomat. Meanwhile, the injured constable was shifted to the Polyclinic and later taken to Pims for medical tests. As per the spokesperson, his condition appears to be stable.
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