BUNER, Aug 29: Police arrested on late Tuesday night an alleged militant and seized five hand-grenades and two Kalashnikovs found in his house here at Cheena Deri. The raid was conducted in the aftermath of a string of blasts that damaged three video-shops in Swari bazaar.

The arrested man, Habibullah alias Talib, was said to be an activist of a banned organisation.

The accused was brought to the court of a judicial magistrate in Daggar area and was remanded in police custody.

A police official said that important disclosures were expected from the suspect.

Meanwhile, threats purportedly issued by the local Taliban to different segments of society have increased in the district.

In a letter pasted at a local mosque in the district headquarters hospital, doctors, including medical superintendent Fazli Azeem, surgeon Saifur Rehman, gynaecologist Gul Naz and medical officer Subhani Khan were asked to ‘mend their ways,’ and stop charging fee from patients, ban the entry of men in women wards and during surgeries.

A warning was also issued to owners of medical store asking them to grow beard and end the practice of overcharging customers and selling substandard drugs. Taxi drivers in the hospital’s car parking area have been asked to stop playing music in their vehicles.