KARAK: The district police claim to have arrested four robbers allegedly involved in a robbery at the house of DSP Khaild Usman and injuring his son.

Officials said on Tuesday the police acting on a tip-off raided a hideout and arrested the four dacoits identified as Ali Farman, Umer Farooq, Zaheerullah and Noor Sharif.

The officials said the robbers barged into the residence of DSP Khalid Usman and injured his son, Mushtaq, on resistance.

GAS LEAK KILLS MAN: A man was killed when a fire erupted in his house due to a gas leak in Mithakhel area on the night between Monday and Tuesday. Local residents said the victim, Mohammad Gulzar, was sleeping in a room when the fire started. He suffered serious burns.

He was shifted to the district headquarters hospital, Karak, where doctors referred him to Peshawar, where he died.

FACILITIES DEMANDED: The people of Kamanger, Shagi Lawagher, Dabli Lawagher, Khusra, Faqirabad and adjoining villages took to the streets on Tuesday to demand provision of basic facilities of life. They threatened to launch a protest movement against elected representative of their constituency if their demand was not met.

The residents complained that the entire Lawagher region was deprived of basic facilities as the elected representatives, particularly MNA Nasir Khan Khattak, had not spent any penny on development of the area so far in three years. They said the main road leading to the hilly region from the district headquarters was a narrow strip which needed to be widened and blacktopped.

Published in Dawn, February 10th, 2016