KOHAT, Aug 28: The Naib nazim of Kohat tehsil, Zikria Khan, was attacked by four men while he was on his way to his hometown, Shakardarra, in his car on Tuesday, according to the police.

He was near his hometown when four men approached his car. They dragged him out of the car and gave him a severe thrashing.

They also broke the windscreen of his car and warned him not to go to his constituency again.

The police have arrested four people nominated by the naib nazim in his FIR. They are being interrogated by the Kohat Bureau of Investigation.

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