SIALKOT, Aug 13: Unidentified people cut the tongue of a youth after their failure to molest him near village Dhoodu Chak in Shakargarh tehsil of Narowal district on Wednesday.

Some unidentified culprits kidnapped Hafiz Muhammad Tayyub, of Mankera village, took him to nearby fields and to molest him. Tayyub raised hue and cry due to which their effort to assault him got spoiled. Frustrated assailants later cut his tongue with a sharp edged weapon and fled after abandoning him in critical condition.

Locals informed the police on which they rushed to the scene. Tayyub was later taken to Shakargarh THQ Hospital. The police also registered a case.

ARRESTED: The police arrested a drug trafficker Nazakat, alias Changar, from Islamabad locality in Daska and recovered seven kilogrammes of hashish worth millions of rupees from him. The police registered a case against the peddler and sent him to jail.