MARDAN, May 29: The house of a doctor was partially damaged when an improvised explosive device planted near its main gate went off in Sheikh Maltoon Town here on Sunday.

The officials of Sheikh Maltoon Town police station quoted Dr Mohammad Yousaf as saying that he along with his other family members was asleep when the device exploded at the main gate of his house.

He told police that he and all his family members rushed to the door and saw that main gate, veranda and his motorcar were partially damaged in the explosion. “All of us remained unhurt,” he added.

Sources said that the doctor had also received threats from unidentified militants few days ago. Police registered FIR against unidentified militants on the complaint of Dr Yousaf and started search operation in the surrounding areas.

The explosion created fear among the residents of Sheikh Maltoon Town.

Meanwhile, police recovered 590 dynamites from a passenger coach and arrested a suspected militant at Masati Patik on Mardan bypass road on Sunday.

Officials said that they stopped a Tangi-bound passenger coach, coming from Punjab province, at Masati Patik and recovered 590 dynamites and arrested its owner identified as Ishaq, a resident of Khanoray Batkhela area.

Sheikh Maltoon Town police station registered a case against the arrested person and started investigation.