AHMEDPUR EAST- Three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan activists were shot dead in Mauza Bakhri, Uch Sharif, in an encounter with the police in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to details, TTP activists Qari Nazeer Ahmed, Ehsan and Ghulam Hassan were in the custody of Naushera Jadid police for investigation purposes when their six unknown armed accomplices attacked the police station Friday night at 11:30pm and got them freed.
On receiving the information, the patrolling police parties started to chase the TTP activists and Uch Sharif police succeeded in encircling them in Mauza Bakhri where all the three freed TTP activists were killed in a shootout with the police. Bahawalpur DPO Sarfraz Ahmed Falki and Ahmedpur East DSP Shafqat Atta also rushed to the scene and greeted the police.
It is pertinent to mention the said TTP activists killed police constable Haibat Khan and a volunteer on July 5 this year outside Tankiwali Masjid Uch Sharif where they were performing security duty during Taraveeh prayers.
Uch Sharif SHO Azhar Javed Chaudhry told newsmen that dead bodies of all the three TTP activists had been shifted to Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, for autopsy while a case against their six unknown accomplices had been registered under sections 302, 324, 148, 149, 186, 353 and 412 of PPC. He further said that the deceased TTP activist Qari Nazir Ahmed belonged to Alipur, Muzaffargarh district, while Ehsan and Ghulam Hassan hailed from Dera Ghazi Khan
ONE KILLED IN ORAKZAI
ROADSIDE BLAST
Staff Reporter from Orakzai Agency adds: One person was killed and another sustained injuries when a passenger van ran over explosives in Orakzai Agency on Saturday.
According to details, a pick-up carrying passengers from Kharkhusto locality in Orakzai Agency was on its way to district Kohat suddenly exploded when it ran over the explosives planted by unidentified miscreants on middle of the road at Sipay area.
The blast severely damaged the front side of the pick-up and resultantly, driver Akbar Ali and another passenger Asraf Ali got critical injuries. The dead body and the injured were rushed to District Headquarters Hospital Kohat.
The political administration, while confirming the incident, said it was around 9:00am, when the planted IED exploded with a bang, killing one and injuring another.
They said that soon after the incident personnel of law enforcement agencies rushed to the site and cordoned off the area, however, no arrest was made till filing of this report.