DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 13: A paramilitary soldier was wounded in exchange of fire with militants in Tank on Thursday night.

Officials said that miscreants attacked Garni Sheikh Fort with rockets and heavy machine guns injuring a Frontier Constabulary soldier identified as Haji Mohammad. The security forces retaliated and forced the attackers to flee.

The area was cordoned off on Friday morning and paramilitary forces conducted a search operation. One suspected person was arrested and weapons were also recovered.

Meanwhile, body of a schoolteacher, Naimatullah, was recovered here on Friday. The body had been thrown near a fort. The deceased was teaching in a government-run school. — Correspondent