SWABI: Two brothers died when they were struck by a truck while crossing a road in Yaqubi village here on Tuesday, the police and Rescue 1122 officials said.

A rescue team collected the bodies from the road and shifted them to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for autopsy. The deceased were identified as Ehsan Wali and Dost Mohammad, hailing from Yaqubi village. The police booked the truck driver, who escaped the scene.

Meanwhile, a man was killed in a firing incident inside a mosque in Karnal Sher Khan village on Tuesday.

Wajahat Hussain of Islam Pura locality told the Kalu Khan police that he along with his brother, Saddam Hussain, was offering prayers in a local mosque when Abdullah suddenly came there and shot his brother dead.

He said his brother and the accused had exchanged arguments a few days over some trivial issue. He said a local jirga had settled the tiff.

The police registered an FIR and started further investigation into the murder incident.

Separately, a six-year-old Afghan child, identified as Sohail Khan, died when a car and a van collided on Swabi-Mardan Road at Baghicha Dheri bus stop.

Also in the day, two motorcycles collided on Yar Hussain-Chota Lahor Road, injuring three persons, including a woman. A rescue team shifted the injured to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

ARRESTED: The police on Tuesday busted an inter-provincial gang of petty criminals by arresting three of its members.

They were identified as Noman Khan alias Hassan of Peshawar, Ali Bahadur alias Amjad of Nowshera and Naveed Khan alias Taji of Maneri Bala, Swabi.

DSP Jawad Khan told Dawn the police recovered Rs120,000 cash, three motorcycles, a mobile phone and a pistol from them. A case was registered against them in the Swabi city police station.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2024