KOHAT, Feb 4: Three people, including a passer-by woman, were shot dead over a property dispute in Jungle Khel here on Friday night.

The deceased included two brothers – Akhtar Shah and Mewa Shah – and a passer-by Rehana Bibi, 50.

Bodies of the deceased were taken to the KDA divisional medical complex for autopsy. Officials said that the Jungle Khel police would file the report after preliminary investigations and preparing a map of the crime scene.

Meanwhile, a man was arrested for injuring himself with a 30-bore pistol and implicating his rival, Qasim Khan, in the crime. His plan was exposed when he tried to bribe the investigating officer.

Later, the police recovered the pistol used in the crime and five live bullets and one empty shell from the house of the accused, Naqeebullah son of Laal Muhammad, of Naway Kalay.

TAXI RECOVERED: Police have recovered the taxi of a driver, who was kidnapped from Jand in Punjab, from the semi-autonomous tribal area of Jawaki and launched a search for two women allegedly involved in the crime.

According to police media cell on Friday, two women hired a taxi (H-140 Peshawar) from the Jand railway station, Attock district, a few days ago. The women brought the driver Maqsood, son of Ghulam Qadeer, to Jawaki area of Shindhand in the tribal area of Kohat district from where the taxi was recovered on Thursday.

The political administration claimed that they would soon trace the women kidnappers and Maqsood.

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