KALAYA, Jan 3: Taliban chopped off a hand of a tribesman on Monday after a so-called “Shariat” court of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan found him “guilty” of committing a theft in Orakzai.

The severing of the hand of Abdul Khaliq of Mir was carried out in Qureshan Chowk in Mamozai and was witnessed by local people.

Despite claims made by the political administration and security forces that 90 per cent area of Orakzai had been purged of militants, the outlawed TTP was still very active in several parts of Orakzai.

Militants slit the throat of Gulbat Khan on Sunday night after accusing him of “spying” for security forces in Otmela area of Ismailzai tehsil.

His body, along with a letter, was found in Masammella area on Monday.

In November last year, the banned TTP had publicly flogged 25 alleged drug peddlers in the same region.