KOHAT: A five-year-old Afghan child was assaulted on Monday in Togh Lalma area in the jurisdiction of Mohammad Riaz police station here, relevant officials said.

Zulfiqar, father of the victim, Samiullah, reported to the police that his son came home crying and complaining that a man he could identify took him to fields and abused him.

Later, DSP Yousuf Jan and SHO Islamuddin led an action in which the culprit, Naveed Khan of Mohmand tribal district, was arrested. He was currently residing in the area.

“The victim and the accused were taken to the KDA Teaching Hospital for medical examination, and the tests confirmed the child was assaulted,” DSP Yousuf Jan told Dawn.

He said the accused was booked under the Child Protection Act.

Meanwhile, the Hangu police on Monday arrested two thieves, who had broken into a shop and looted money, and recovered Rs162,000 cash from them.

City police station SHO Fayaz Khan said the police had registered an FIR on the complaint of a shopkeeper of a market located on the Samana Road, last week that when he came in the morning the locks of his shop were broken and all money stolen.

He said Mohammad Waseem and Hafeezur Rehman were arrested in separate raids.

Published in Dawn, July 4th, 2023