Salesman hurt in attack

Published March 6, 2002

KOHAT, March 5: Bandits looted Rs90,000 from two salesmen of a cigarette manufacturing company and wounded one of the salesmen in the Chakerkot town here on Tuesday.

The salesmen, Ghazi Khan and Hamayun, were going to National Bank, Chakerkot branch, after collecting the money from the company agents when the bandits snatched the hand bag, containing Rs90,000. The bandits shot and wounded Ghazi Khan when he put up resistance to them. The culprits escaped from the scene on a motorcycle.

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