PESHAWAR, March 6: Four unidentified bodies were recovered were found in different areas of the provincial capital on Saturday.

The police told newsmen that bodies of two teenaged boys with bullet injuries were found in the Garhi Atta Muhammad area in the limits of the Yakatoth police station.

Two other bodies, including that of a woman, were found in a field at Mera Sarozai in the jurisdiction of the Bhadabher police station.

DACOITS: Some unidentified dacoits disguised as Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel looted Rs1.7 million and jewellery from a house at Amjidabad, near Karkhano Bazaar, late Friday night.

The dacoits knocked on the door of the residence of Jawed Khan, son of Hakeem Khan. One of the residents of the house opened the door thinking them to be FC personnel. The dacoits locked the residents in a room and took off with all their valuables.

When police officials at the Nasirbagh police station were contacted they denied having any knowledge about any such incident.

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