HARIPUR: Five members of a family were killed and two injured in a road accident, police said here on Friday.

They said a family was on way to Abbottabad from Peshawar in a van on the Hazara Motorway when the driver fell asleep near Mohiryan village in Ghazi tehsil. As a result, the vehicle fell into a gorge, killing five persons on the spot.

Those who killed were identified as brothers Mohammad Iqbal, Mohammad Saeed, sister Parveen Bibi, mother Maroof Jan and Amjad Mehmood.

The injured were Nasima Jan and Nayer Bibi. They were shifted to Holly Family Hospital Rawalpindi in critical condition, police said.

In another accident occurred in the limits of Kotnajibullah police station, a tractor trolley and a pick-up van collided near the Chechiayan Interchange of Hazara Motorway when the van driver was overtaking another vehicle. The tractor trolley driver identified as Wali Jan was killed on the spot while two from the van identified as Suleman and Ghulam Mustafa were injured. The dead and injured were shifted to Haripur Trauma Centre from where they were referred to Ayub Medical Complex in critical condition, police said.

POLICE ROLE REVIEWED: The District Public Safety Commission (DPSC) Haripur on Friday reviewed police role towards general public, especially in connection with ensuring implementation of SOPs for prevention of Covid-19 pandemic in the district.

The commission’s meeting was chaired by Masoodur Rehman Advocate.

It took up different matters, especially the post-lockdown situation.

The meeting also discussed contents of complaints received against the police department for alleged excesses. It decided to dig deep further on the complaints of illegal detention, harassment and extortion before reaching conclusion.

The inquiry reports of Haripur police on the final recommendations of DPSC that were forwarded to police high-ups during April for implementation were also discussed and members decided to take the matter up with higher authorities as they believed that the findings of the inquiry were totally ignored and the contents of FIRs reproduced in official probe too were conducted by police officers.

The DPSC budget for fiscal year 2020-21 was also part of the agenda discussed during the meeting.

Published in Dawn, June 6th, 2020