KOHAT, May 17: Police arrested three prisoners, who were on the run following Bannu jailbreak incident, from Muslimabad area here.

Officials said that one of the arrested outlaws identified as Gul Dad Shah of Junglekhel was awaiting death sentence, while the other two – Shaukat and Mohammad Sadiq – were undergoing life imprisonment in Bannu jail. They said that all the three belonged to Kohat.

POLICEMEN HURT: Two policemen were injured when an unknown miscreant lobbed a hand grenade on their mobile van in Bilitang town here on Thursday.

Officials said that a police mobile van was on a routine patrolling when an unidentified man threw a hand grenade on it near Bilitang hospital.

As a result, head constable Mumtaz and constable Asim Bashir received injuries. — Correspondent

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