KOHAT: The Shakardarra police busted a three-member gang on Saturday for cutting an underground water pipeline and selling the pieces in the market.

Shakardarra police station SHO Javed Khan told Dawn that they got a tip-off that a gang had cut a pipeline into pieces late Friday night and was transporting them in a pick-up truck to Kalabagh area.

He said the police stopped a vehicle on the Kalabagh Road and seized 32 pipes, cutting gadgets and arrested the accused.

He said the gang members were identified as Mehrab Gul, Lateef Akbar and Aqif, belonging to Shahkardarra.

He said the accused were booked.

ARREST: The police foiled two attempts to smuggle drugs to the southern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and arrested two persons here on Saturday.

A team led by DSP Sadder circle Yousuf Khan stopped a vehicle on the Indus highway, and during checking recovered over three kilogrammes of hashish.

The smuggler, Saifullah of Togh Payan, was arrested.

Similarly, a smuggler, Sajid Ali was held with two kilogrammes of hashish at the mills’ police checkpost on Bannu Road.

KILLED: An exchange of fire between two brothers, including a drug addict, resulted in the killing of their cousin and injuries to them in Mohallah Landarkhel of Shakardarra on Saturday, the police said.

A police official told Dawn that Faraz, a drug addict, was advised by his brother, Imtiaz, and cousin, Naveedullah, to quit drugs as it brought bad name to the family, but he didn’t budge.

He said Naveedullah and Imtiaz came face to face with Faraz on Saturday, and after a brawl, the latter took out a pistol and started fire, killed Naveedullah on the spot.

He said Faraz and his Imtiaz were injured and were taken to hospital.

The body was moved to hospital and later handed over to family after postmortem.

JOBS SOUGHT: The local welfare bodies have criticised the denial of jobs to 123 candidates, who had cleared the physical and written tests to be inducted in the police department.

Shah Mehmood, chairman of Sons of Kohat, and Pir Shah Nawaz of Junglkhel welfare organisation, told the media on Saturday that only 20 candidates were inducted the against hundreds of vacant posts of constables.

They announced to take to the roads against the ‘grave injustice’ done to the youth of Kohat.

They said there were hundreds of posts of constables lying vacant in Kohat police, which were faced with a shortage of manpower.

They said the young jobless youth had deposited examination fees and passed physical and written tests, but were told the job quota had been completed.

Published in Dawn, June 4th, 2023