KOHAT, June 2: The Jungle Khel police on Thursday booked the brother of a local MNA for harassing and beating a woman in her house.

The victim, Nayab Akhtar, told the police that Zakir Shah, the brother of the MNA, Pir Dalawar Shah, barged into her house near the Kohat cricket ground and asked her to leave the official quarter. Ms Akhtar said, when she refused, Zakir Shah threatened her with dire consequences and misbehaved with her.

The police registered case against the accused and started raids for his arrest.

DIES: Another young victim of the November 5, 2010 suicide bombing inside a mosque in Dara Adam Khel died after five months on Thursday.

Officials said young Yar Shah who had been injured in the suicide attack in a mosque during Friday prayers in Aatari Wal area of Darra Adam Khel lost his fight against death after so many months. He was buried in his ancestral graveyard in Balaki Khel area in the presence of a large number of people.

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