LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 15: Unidentified persons blew up two power pylons near Tajazai area of the district in the small hours of Tuesday, sources said. The saboteurs planted improvised explosive devices at the two power pylons near the Indus Highway.

The explosives went off at 5:15am damaging two pylons of 66,000 KV transmission line, according to the sources.

Luckily, personnel of Ghaznikhel police station, with the help of bomb disposal squad saved a third pylon from meeting the same fate by defusing the IED planted there. Police registered a case against the unidentified saboteurs and have started investigating the sabotage.

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