PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Peshawar police were still clueless on Wednesday about two captains and two soldiers, who went missing near the Mattani area while coming to Peshawar from Dera Ismail Khan on Monday night.

The armymen identified as Capt Safari, Capt Faisal, Hawaldar Safdar and Lance Naik Munsib were in plain-clothes.

They are believed to have been kidnapped by Taliban between Darra Adamkhel and Mattani and their vehicle was also stolen by militants.

SSP investigation Ghulam Hussein, when contacted, said the Peshawar police had no information about the missing army officials, saying that no body had so far complained to police about the incident

SSP operations Mohammad Tahir Khan said this was yet to be ascertained as to from which area the army personnel had been kidnapped.

He said efforts were under way to ascertain the area from where the armymen had been kidnapped. He said efforts were also under way to find out who were involved in their kidnapping.

Another official pleading anonymity said the army officials might have been kidnapped in the jurisdiction of Darra Adamkhel.

Darra Adamkhel is 35 kilometres south of Peshawar on the road to Kohat district.