Daily Times

KHYBER AGENCY: A reconciliator and a famous local poet was shot and dead in a firing incident between two warring families at Sadu Khel area of Tehsil Landi Kotal on Thursday.

The administration and local sources informed that years back, a disput erupted between Haji Alamgir and Rehmatullah’s families over a piece of land . On Wednesday, the latter’s family attempted to get hold of the land by initiating construction works in it that caused a scuffle and firing. As a result, a middleman who was trying to act as a reconciliator, received multiple bullet injuries during the cross firing. He was rushed to the nearest health centre where he succumbed to his wounds. The deceased was identified as Niaz Ameen. Two persons known as Khan Akbar and Abdur Rahman were also received bullet injuries and were shifted to Landi Kotal Hospital for medical aid.

Soon after the incident, the administration officials moved to the site and arrested one from each group under the Frontier Crimes Regulations law.

Published in Daily Times, May 11^th 2018.