SWABI: The district police have arrested a man for abusing two female vaccinators and refusing vaccination of his children during the ongoing anti-polio campaign in the district.

Dr Mohammad Yaqub, district in-charge of Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), said that the man was arrested on the directives of district administration and health officials.

He said that the incident occurred in Kotha village where the vaccinators were engaged in door-to-door campaign. When the two vaccinators reached Sabz Ali’s house, he came out infuriated and plainly refused vaccination of his children.

The man then got engaged in exchange of hot words with the female vaccinators for about 15 minutes and also didn’t allow them to carry out the job in the locality, said Mr Yaqub, adding the vaccination staff noted down the man’s name and included his family in the list of the refusal cases. “Then they informed the polio supervisor who conveyed the incident to the SHO of Topi city police station. Afterwards, the district administration officials ordered immediate arrest of the man,” explained Mr Yaqub. He said that the police had registered an FIR against Sabz Ali.

SHOT DEAD: A man allegedly shot dead her wife on Wednesday only 10 days after marrying her over unknown reasons in Shagai village in the jurisdiction of the city police station.

DSP Fayaz Khan, who along with a police party reached the spot soon after the happening, said that man, Mohammad Hilal had married the girl without the consent of his and the girl’s parents. The girl belonged to the same village.

The police official said that Hilal shot dead her wife with a pistol inside their house.

The police arrested Mr Hilal and started investigations. He told police that the girl had advised him that if anyone came from her parents’ home for taking her back he should kill her instead of handing her over to them.

“I have killed my wife according to her advice,” said a police official while quoting Hilal.

MURDER TRACED: Chota Lahor police have traced the murder of a rickshaw driver in Beka village a week ago to his two friends. Police said that Amjid Ali and Wisal Khan, friends of the deceased, confessed during investigations to killing their friend, Abdur Raziq.

Published in Dawn March 5th , 2015

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