Kidnapped constable found murdered

Published November 15, 2007

HANGU, Nov 14: The beheaded body of a police constable, who had been kidnapped from Doaba on Monday last, was found in a village near Thall here on Wednesday.

An official of the Thall police station said constable Amjad Hussain had been taken away by six masked men from a vehicle when he was going from a checkpost to Doaba.

A note found on the body in the Dalen village read: “People should not join police, paramilitary and army.

And spies will face same treatment.”

Police registered a case against unidentified people.

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