Unknown gunmen shot dead the assistant superintendent of Quetta district jail in Pakistan on Tuesday.

Police told Dawn News that Muhammad Qasim Raisani was targeted on the busy jail road of the provincial capital when he was on way to district jail in his car for duty.

The gunmen killed him on the spot after the police official reached in front of the Marker Factory.

The body of the police officer was shifted to civil hospital.

Hospital officials told Dawn News that the deceased suffered multiple bullet injuries on his head and upper portion of the body that caused his immediate death.

Police believe the attack was an incident of target killing.

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.