SWABI: Two students were killed in a road accident here on Friday, police said.

They said the two cousins were on way to their college from Kotha village on a motorcycle, when a speeding rickshaw collided head-on with their bike near Marghuz area. As a result, the two motorcyclists were seriously injured and taken to Bacha Khan Hospital Complex, Shahmansor, where doctors pronounced them dead.

The deceased were identified as Luqman Bahadar and Adnan Bahadar.

Meanwhile, two persons were injured when rival groups in Batakara village clashed over a land dispute. Police said one of the injured, Siraj Mohammad, succumbed to injuries in Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Topi. The two groups got registered cross FIRs in Topi city police station.

Meanwhile, the police on Friday arrested a man belonging to Marghuz village and recovered one kilogramme charas from him.

The police also arrested outlaws, Fawad Khan and Inayat Khan, and recovered two Kalashnikovs, four pistols and several rounds from them.

Also in the day, a jirga settled a blood feud between two families in Saleem village. The feud had claimed seven precious lives.

The groups’ members took oath they would no longer be enemies and would live in peace.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd, 2020