Former militia chief gunned down in Tank

Author: By Our Correspondent

TANK: A former head of a local aman committee was found murdered in Mulazi area on Sunday. Unidentified gunmen had kidnapped him two weeks ago.

According to the first information report (FIR) lodged by Sifatullah, a resident of Kiri Wadati, his brother, Habibur Rehman, alias Wata had gone missing two weeks ago.

“Rehman’s body was spotted near a tubewell outside the village on Sunday by some villagers. His throat had been slit. A letter was found near the body,” the FIR stated. “The letter stated that Rehman had been murdered because he was a spy of the government,” Sifatullah stated in the FIR.

Police said the attackers had murdered Rehman somewhere else and then threw his body near the village. They said they had launched an operation to arrest the murderers.

Charsadda:

Police claimed on Sunday to have seized a huge amount of drugs from a vehicle. According to police, 102 kilogrammes of hashish and eight kgs of heroin were seized from the vehicle.

“We had received a tip-off from a police informer that drugs were being smuggled in a car. We motioned a suspected vehicle to stop at the checkpost. When we searched the car, we found 102 kgs of hashish and eight kgs of heroin hidden inside it,” police said. They said the vehicle driver, Muhammad Tariq, had been arrested. An FIR has been registered against the accused.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • Pakistan

FO rejects speculation Trump will influence internal politics

Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday dismissed speculations that US president-elect Donald…

6 hours ago
  • Pakistan

Pakistan vows to bolster security of Chinese workers after Karachi attack

Federal minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi visited the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad following an incident…

6 hours ago
  • World

Biden promises ‘peaceful, orderly’ transition to Trump

US President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the nation on Thursday after a stinging election…

6 hours ago
  • Pakistan

SC judges get massive hike in salaries, allowances

The federal government increased the salaries and allowance of superior judiciary judges, according to a…

6 hours ago
  • Pakistan

Power consumers may get big relief under ‘winter package’

Electricity prices likely to be reduced by up to Rs8 per unit for three months…

6 hours ago
  • Pakistan

4 soldiers martyred, 5 terrorists killed in KP shootout

Security forces have killed five terrorists during a fire exchange in the South Waziristan district…

6 hours ago