KOHAT, April 2 Two bullet riddled bodies of Afghan nationals were recovered from a well while a woman committed suicide here on Friday.

Local people informed the police that they had seen two bodies in Dhodha. The police reached the scene and pulled out the bodies of Abdul Malik, resident of Ghamkol camp, Merozai and Zaafran, resident of Ghamkol camp number 3. Somebody had killed them brutally by firing dozens of shots.

The bodies were handed over to the relatives and the Bilitang police started investigation after registering case against unknown killers. In Darmalak area of Lachi tehsil a woman shot herself with a pistol in her house due to unknown reasons. The Lachi police registered a murder case on the complaint of the cousin of the deceased.

OFFICIAL BOOKED The anti-corruption department booked official of excise and taxation for issuing bogus registration numbers against genuine papers to 42 vehicles, Dawn learnt on Friday.

The assistant director of anti-corruption department, Kohat and circle officer, acting on the directives of the director, NWFP, registered cases against excise and taxation officer, Shah Zaman, under section 419, 420, 468, 471 read with 5 (2) PC Act.

Officials told this correspondent that the said official had been issuing bogus registration numbers to vehicles whose owners had lodged several complaints that during verification of their cars in Punjab the papers were found fake.

The department also contacted the Pak Suzuki Company which also declared the papers of the genuinely imported and locally manufactured cars fake.

During investigations by the anti-corruption department Inspector Shah Zaman was found guilty and booked for forgery and causing trouble to people.