KOHAT: Unidentified terrorists kidnapped a police constable and two labourers from an under-construction police station in the Mamozai area of Upper Orakzai on Monday night, and later shot them dead.

Reports reaching here said that the terrorists kidnapped constable, Ahmed Saeed, and two labourers, Ahmed Gul of Alikhel tribe, and Eid Akbar of Mallah tribe. Later, their dead bodies were found in the area.

The reports said district police officer Nisar Ahmed Khan reached the scene and launched a search operation for arrest of the terrorists.

The martyred police constable was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Mamozai area.

Meanwhile, bodies of four people were found in Shinwari Town of Junglekhel in Kohat on Tuesday.

Junglekhel police station SHO Vaqas Khan told Dawn that the victims were identified as Amanullah, Tahir Mehmood, belonging to Gulshanabad, Khalid from Mansoorkhel area, and Muneer Khan of Sheikhan area.

He said the bodies were shifted to the KDA Teaching Hospital for autopsy.

He said so far nobody from the deceased’s families had turned up at the police station to file a case.

He said investigation was underway to know about the reason behind their killings.

Separately, an elderly man identified as Mohammad Shah was killed by his nephew over a water dispute in Kaghazai area.

The cantonment police have arrested the suspect, namely Waseem.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2022