KARAK: Karak district police officer Irfanullah Khan has suspended the station house officer and six other officials of the Teri police station for failing to act to prevent vandalising of a Hindu shrine. The police chief also directed the DSP Banda Daud Shah tehsil to report to the capital city police officer Peshawar.

Police sources said on Monday that on the directives of DIG Kohat division Hafeez Tayyab Cheema, DPO Irfanullah suspended SHO Teri Rehmatullah Khan and six other officials, including the in-charge of the police squad, head constable Gul Taleem, which was deputed on the security of the shrine.

They have been charged with utter negligence in performance of the official duty to prevent the shrine from being burnt down by a mob in Teri area, the sources said, adding DSP Banda Daud Shah had been directed to report to the CCPO Peshawar.

DSP headquarters Sanobar Khan has been given the charge of Banda Daud Shah circle, while SHO Karak police station Asif Sharif has been directed to take over charge of the Teri police station.

Meanwhile, a young man was shot dead in Shobli Banda area of Takht-i-Nusrati over a petty dispute.

Police officials said that Waseemullah was standing near his house when his rival opened fire on him. He was seriously injured and was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Takht-i-Nusrati, where doctors pronounced him dead.

The father of the deceased lodged FIR with the Takht-i-Nusrati police station against Wahidullah, a resident of Dabari Banda.

The officials said that the motive behind the killing was a dispute over engagement of a girl between the two families.

Published in Dawn, Jannuary 5th, 2021