KOHAT: District police officer Mohammad Sohaib Ashraf on Wednesday expelled two constables of special police force from service and ordered forfeiture of two years service of five other officials on the charges of indiscipline.

A special force constable, Mehtab Ahmed, stationed at the government girls high school, Togh Bala, for security had forcibly entered into the building, manhandled the women and used dirty language against them.

Another constable of the same force, Musawar Ali, could not give any reason for his long absence from duty. The DPO had ordered inquiries into the two cases, which proved them guilty. Consequently, they were expelled from service with immediate effect.

Also, two-year services of five policemen were forfeited and they were sent to the police lines for their negligence in a case where an armed man entered the courts building from the checkpoint and killed a murder accused in police custody. They were punished for not carrying out body search of the suspected man carrying a loaded pistol.

The five officials include havaldar Sabir Hussain and constables Syed Raza, Zafar Khan, Shamshad and Asad.

FOUR KILLED: Four people were killed and five others injured in different incidents.

Two people were killed when a coaster (MLS-8598) hit a Karak-bound passenger van (C-9800) from behind while trying to overtake it. Police said that Bakhta Jan of South Waziristan and Inayat Gul of Metha Khan locality of Karak died on the spot, while Mohammad Dilawar, his wife Farzana, Nafeesullah and Rehman Khan of Karak and Hazrat Bilal of Peshawar sustained injuries. They were taken to the KDA hospital for treatment. The accident occurred late on Tuesday night.

The Lachi police have registered the case against the drivers who fled after the accident.

The police said that one Niaz Khan accompanied by Javed Khan allegedly killed his mother-in-law Mst Shehnaz Bibi over a family dispute in Ghebi Sawar village.

Daughter of the deceased, Naheeda, told the Saddar police that her husband with his accomplice killed her mother and fled. The police have registered the case.

In another case, one Tahir Shah allegedly gunned down his cousin Adnan on OTS Road after a brawl with him over a minor dispute. The cantonment police have lodged the FIR on the complaint of Farhan, brother of the deceased.

Published in Dawn March 19th , 2015

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