SHANGLA: The police on Sunday fined 45 persons for using unauthorised number plates on their non-custom paid cars.

A suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Bisham area here on March 26 was carried out in a non-custom paid car with an unauthorised number plate. The attack left five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver dead.

A statement issued from the DPO office said that another 12 persons were fined for using tinted glass in their vehicles.

It said the district police officer had slapped a ban on the NCP vehicles using number plates other than those issued by the relevant department.

The statement said the police also fined 37 transporters for overcharging passengers.

Meanwhile, district police officer Imran Khan has said that security of the power projects being executed in the district has been beefed up to avoid any untoward incident.

He said the security of the projects was being inspected on daily basis.

The DPO said security of 11.8MW Karora hydropower project had also been enhanced.

He said he had directed the sub-divisional police officers to daily visit the under-construction projects, and also enhance patrolling on the Karakoram Highway.

ACCIDENT: A boy was killed and 15 of his family members were injured when a pickup vehicle collided with a truck in Dandai area of Bisham on Sunday.

A police official said the family was returning home in a vehicle.

He said as a result of the collision, Misbahuddin, 11, died on the spot, and 15 other family members, including women and children, were injured.

He said four critically injured people were shifted to Ayub Teaching Hospital in Abbottabad.

The police said the family belonged to Batkot area of Bisham.

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2024