LAKKI MARWAT: The police have booked over 100 people for resorting to festive firing on the Chand Raat and Eid days in Lakki Marwat district.

An official told Dawn on Saturday that separate cases were registered against the people in the police stations concerned.

He said the district administration had banned festive firing, weapons’ display and imposed other restrictions on the request of the district police officer for peaceful observance of Eid festival.

“Despite restrictions and an awareness drive against the menace of festive firing, scores of people, mostly youth, indulged in the illegal activity,” he maintained.

He said some proclaimed offenders also indulged in festive firing.

The official said 17 persons were booked in Serai Gambila police station, 12 in Dadiwala police station, 31 in city police station, 39 in Ghaznikhel police station and seven in Tajori police station.

He said district police officer Taimur Khan had directed the SHOs to ensure arrest of the ban violators.

Meanwhile, a man was shot at and injured during a motorcycle snatching incident in Kurrum Par area, the police said on Saturday.

They said the incident occurred near Wanda Begu Khan in the area limits of Dadiwala police station. They said the attackers took away the motorcycle of the villager.

Injured Mushtaq, 28, a resident of Wanda Mir Saleem, told the police that he was going to his village from Kurrum Bridge on motorcycle, when two motorcyclists wearing masks intercepted him at gunpoint near Wanda Begu Khan. He said they tortured him and then shot at and injured him with a pistol.

The injured was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Serai Naurang.

The police registered a case against unknown suspects and began an investigation.

Published in Dawn, April 14th, 2024