SWABI: A constable, who was seriously injured in a terrorist attack earlier this month, succumbed to injuries in Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, on Friday.

Constable Mohammad Tayyab was performing duty at Tordher police station when two unidentified motorcyclists lobbed a grenade at the building on April 9. The policeman along with some civilians was injured.

Tayyab’s death took the number of the police personnel martyred in Swabi during Ramazan to three. Earlier, an assistant sub-inspector and another policeman were martyred when militants lobbed a grenade on their vehicle in Yar Hussain Bazaar.

The funeral prayers of the martyred constable were held at Shahmansoor police lines.

District police officer Najamul Hassain, politicians, relatives and local people in large numbers attended the funeral.

A police team saluted the coffin of the martyred cop. Later, his body was dispatched to his native Shewa village, where he was laid to rest with full official honour.

DPO Najamul Hassain paid rich tribute to the fallen policeman, saying Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police continued to render tremendous sacrifices for protection of the motherland.

ARRESTED: DSP headquarters Jawad Khan said on Friday the police had arrested a robber, namely Abdur Rehman, who had been looting people at gunpoint for quite some time.

The DSP also shared a video of Abdur Rehman with reporters, in which he purportedly admits having looted about 30 people since 2022. He also admitted that he had also looted cash from people coming out of ATMs.

Explaining his modus operandi, the robber said he would give lift to people on his motorcycle, taken them to a secluded place and loot them at gunpoint.

ASSISTANCE SOUGHT: The differently-abled people on Friday complained despite their repeated demands no one came forward to give them special Eid packages this year.

Speaking at a meeting here, Rehman Sher, president of Khidmt-i-Mazooran, said special people could not work and had to depend totally on others to make both ends meet amid the record inflation. He said such people deserved assistance to help them celebrate Eidul Fitr like other people.

He said the differently-abled people hoped that like previous years non-government organisations, the government and philanthropists would help them financially, but to no avail.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2023