PESHAWAR, April 28: Scores of Chitrali students on Saturday took out a rally in the capital city against local police over ‘poor’ investigation into the killing of a student from their area.

Led by Rizwanuz Zaman of Chitral Students Welfare Organisation (CSWO), protesters converged on Sher Shah Suri Road to the protest Zahid Hussain’s killing and poor police investigation into it.

Holding banners and placards inscribed with calls for early arrest of and punishment to killers, they urged the provincial government and the Peshawar high court to step in and ensure the early doing of the needful. Mr Rizwan told reporters that police had arrested Misal Khan over the killing but the court ordered his release on bail due to their poor investigation.

He urged the provincial police chief to order strict action against inefficient police officials probing the case and form a team of experienced and competent officials to look into the killing afresh.