MARDAN: District and Sessions Judge, Mardan, Sajjad Khan on Saturday ordered the officials of city police station to register an FIR against the director and deputy director of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority (KPHA) for their action to demolish houses in the Defence Colony without any notice.

Haji Masoodur Rahman, a prominent industrialist of Mardan district, has filed a case in the court of the district and sessions judge against the officials of the authority.

The applicant told the court that a team led by KPHA director Ilyas Khan and deputy director Manzoor Hussain had demolished the boundary walls and some other portions of his house and other residential buildings in the Defence Colony under the pretext of anti-encroachment drive without serving them any prior notice.

He said that the KPHA officials had also disconnected their gas, electricity and phone lines, causing trouble and financial loss to them. He said that the action of KPHA officials was illegal and that was why he moved the court against it.

The officials had demolished houses in Mardan without any notice

The judge ordered the police officials to register an FIR against both the director and deputy director after hearing arguments in the case and finding illegalities in their action.

Following orders of the court, the police registered an FIR against the two KPHA officers and had started efforts to arrest them.

FOUR INJURED: Four people received bullet injuries when two groups clashed in Kaskoroona area here on Saturday. Police said that two groups – one led by Nawaz and the other by Zarif Khan – opened fire on each other after exchanging harsh words over a dispute. As a result, Nawaz and Ghulam from one group and Zarif Khan and Qaiser from the other group were injured.

They were taken to Mardan Medical Complex Hospital where doctors referred three of them to Peshawar in a precarious condition. Par Hoti police station registered FIRs against members of the groups and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2015

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