Four officials from the Education Department, including the District Education Officer (DEO), who were abducted from Tank, have been released, informed local police on Wednesday. Police said , the kidnappers set all four hostages free, and they have now safely returned to the Tank Education Office. The released individuals include District Education Officer (DEO) Tank Sher Muhammad Wazir, Deputy Education Officer Imtiaz Khattak, Accountant Qudratullah, and Assistant Sub-Divisional Education Officer (ASDEO) Farooq Kundi. They were reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed men. The incident occurred on Tank-Dera Ismail Khan Road in the Hathala area, where the assailants ambushed them and forcibly took them away in a vehicle to an undisclosed location. Upon receiving information about the kidnapping, the district administration and security forces swiftly launched a search and rescue operation. Police said, the pressure of intense search operations forced the kidnappers to set free the abductees.