SWABI: A man and a woman were killed in separate road accidents here on Friday, police and Rescue 1122 officials said.

They said a woman, identified as Gulmar Jan, 55, belonging to Karnal Sher Khan village, was crossing the Swabi-Mardan Road in Kalu Khan area when she was struck by a speeding rickshaw. They said the rickshaw driver escaped from the spot, adding the body was shifted to Bacha Khan Hospital Complex, Shahmansoor, for autopsy.

An FIR was registered against the driver by the husband of the deceased in Kalu Khan police station.

Separately, a man was killed and his brother injured when two motorcycles collided on Swabi-Topi Road at the Baja bus stop, rescue officials said.

They said an emergency medical team of the rescue service shifted the two brothers to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Topi, in critical condition, where doctors confirmed the death of one of them.

The deceased was identified as Asrarullah, 45. His brother, Ikramullah, 42, was in critical condition. They belong to Bamkhel village.

Meanwhile, a person identified as Said Kamal of Bachai village of Razaar was seriously injured when his rivals allegedly opened fire on him.

The injured got registered an FIR against Raham Iqbal, Zafar Iqbal, Shaukat Iqbal and Javid Iqbal.

He told the police in the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Razaar, that the cause of the incident was an old enmity.

SHOP LOOTED: Unidentified thieves took away Rs1 million cash and costly mobile phones from a shop in Zaida market on Thursday night, the police and the shop owner said.

Inam Khan, the shop owner, said thieves broke the locks of his outlet, collected the money and mobile phones and decamped.

The Zaida police registered an FIR into the case.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2023