LANDI KOTAL: The Khasadar force demolished the house of a leader of Jamaat-i-Islami in Jamrud after a large quantity of arms and ammunition were allegedly recovered from there on Thursday.

Officials said that a Khasadar party raided the house of former Khyber Agency JI chief Haji Najeeb Khan and recovered heavy weapons along with different types of explosives from its basement.

Later, the Khasadar force bulldozed the house of the JI leader, who has been in Jamrud lock-up for the last three months for his alleged involvement in sabotage activities and patronising terrorists. Haji Najeeb had twice been arrested in the past. He is still a member of Khyber Agency chapter of JI.

Meanwhile, a bullet-riddled body on an abducted man was found in Jamrud on Thursday.

Khasadar officials said that unidentified gunmen abducted Din Mohammad Katiyakhel near his house in Shah Kas the other day. His body was found in Jabba area on Thursday morning. Local sources claimed that he had affiliations with banned militant groups.

Also in Nai Abadi area of Jamrud, gunmen killed a young man, Adnan, inside his house. The reason for the killing could not be known.

ROAD PROJECT: Assistant political agent, Landi Kotal, Tayyab Abdullah inaugurated the project for expansion of dual road and construction of footpath at Torkham border here the other day.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Khugakhel elders and officials of the political administration and Army Engineering Corps.

Mr Abdullah said that local traders whose commercial properties were to be affected by the construction work would be provided alternative shops in the nearby taxi stand.

Published in Dawn, October 30th, 2014